Making Monuments in Kindergarten

Kindergarten students, in KK, recently worked collaboratively in small groups to recreate four U.S. Symbols (The Liberty Bell, The Washington Monument, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty) by upcycling items from Mrs. Murray-Jones’ portable Makerspace cart.
As the children worked, they learned how to: function better as a group; improve on their planning and communication skills; and problem solve, as they were able to channel their inner creativity through trial and error. This was a culminating activity to their Social Studies research project for which the students used the iPads to listen to, and record interesting facts from one of the Lower School’s databases called, PebbleGo. The students learned so much about the U.S. Symbols they studied and were really proud of their hard work.
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