Here’s what you need for Week 1: Tools + Construction:
What you need:
Books (find at your local library or order below on Amazon):
- Whose Tools? by Toni Buzzeo (for preschool students) or Busy Builders, Busy Week! by Jean Reidy (for kindergarten) or The Ultimate Construction Book by Anne-Sophie Baumann (for first grade)
- Pop’s Bridge by Eve Bunting (or find it here on OpenLibrary.org)
- Builders & Breakers by Steve Light (or you can listen to our L+L read aloud here!)
- Brick by Brick by Heidi Woodward Sheffield (or listen to our read aloud here)
Supplies (use what you have, but here are links to shop if you need anything):
Although you don’t need a tool set for this week, you may want one. Check out this option or this one. You might also want to have some toy construction vehicles. Many of the bloggers in our unit talk about finding them at thrift stores or dollar stores but if that’s not an option for you, you can find them here.
- paper + access to a printer (don’t have one? we like this model)
- something to use as counters (coins, beans, blocks—anything can work!)
- dice (optional for upgrade)
- laminator + laminating sheets (optional, but recommended for repeating lessons)
- construction paper
- black marker
- empty water bottle
- balloon
- straw
- Blu-tac or putty
- tray or baking sheet
- wooden blocks (you’ll need these for two activities)
- cardstock
- small stones (or marbles, coins, or other small toys)
- white glue
- liquid starch (or you can use this liquid activator—this is for the slime recipe)
- gray acrylic paint
- aquarium gravel (or any small rocks and gravel)
- play dough (or you can make your own with this recipe)
- plastic sand shovel or spoon
- glue stick
- mini marshmallows (you can also use small balls of play dough)
- toothpicks
- LEGO, DUPLO, or other interlocking blocks (don’t have any? Here’s a starter set that you can use for multiple activities this week and beyond!)
- rolling pin (or you can use a glass bottle)
- tape
- an empty milk jug or juice carton
- scissors or craft knife
- patterned duct tape (choose a pattern that your child will like!)
- embroidery floss or string
- beads (optional)
- small stick from outside
- rocks (smooth, flat rocks will work best—if you can’t find any outside, you can order these)
- permanent marker
Here’s what you need for Week 2: Outer Space:
What you need:
Books (find at your local library or order below on Amazon):
- Smart Kids: Space: For Kids Who Really Love Space! by Sarah Powell
- Constellations by Grace Hansen
- The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Constellations by Grace Hansen
Optional additional reading:
- A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars by Seth Fishman
- There’s No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System by Tish Rabe
Supplies (use what you have, but here are links to shop if you need anything):
- simple solar system kit
- paper + access to a printer (don’t have one? we like this model)
- yellow golf ball (you can also use a yellow paper ball or large pom pom)
- small blue bouncy ball or bead (the blue one in this set would work—it just needs to be smaller than the yellow ball you use)
- pie plate
- hot glue gun + glue (you can also use tape)
- cardstock
- yarn
- plastic sewing needle (optional)
- hole punch
- construction paper (you need a lot of black paper for yoru diorama)
- white chalk
- a small to medium boxes
- Optional for bonus activity: ingredients for these constellation cookies
- thumbtack
- black and white sandwich cookies (like Oreos or whichever brand you prefer)
- ping pong ball (optional for upgrade)
- flash light (optional for upgrade)
- cotton balls
- flour (or gluten-free flour)
- food coloring
- baby oil
- small rocks
- cocoa powder (optional for upgrade)
- tissue paper
- toilet paper roll
- glue
- foam sheets (you could also use cardstock)
- acrylic paints
- plastic fork (a metal fork will work, too!)
- foil
- glass jar
- glitter
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