Preschool: The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge

We've enjoyed reading The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge the last couple of weeks. We learned about New York and watched a video where we saw the real lighthouse and bridge the book is based on. We talked about how everyone has important jobs to do. We studied lighthouses, including using prisms to make sunlight more intense and did a lighthouse craft. We also designed different bridges. We learned about compound words. Megan and Matthew are continually applying that one: "Fire + fighter = firefighter; Post + man = postman. It's fun to hear! And I'm amazed by how much some of these language lessons stick with them.

Playing with prisms.

Megan with her block bridge.

Matthew with his block bridge.

We did an experiment to see what type of bridge would hold the most pennies. The bridge that was 1/2 of an index card held 5 pennies. The bridge that was an index card folded in half (so thicker) held 13 pennied. The bridge that was an index card with the sides folded up held a lot! In fact, Megan and Matthew just started pouring pennies onto it. It's amazing what a little bit on engineering can do!

Some of the lighthouse creations.

A close up of the top reveals two lights (one white and one green) and a foghorn (the blue light which is not on).

Megan with her lighthouses.