A Bridge to KDH

From the first day of school,  we noticed the children of KDH  engaged in building bridges in our block area. We were excited to find something that engaged the children that we could explore together, so early in the year.

To foster this interest, we asked the children to bring in picture of bridges and put them up in our block area. We found a picture of Tashlich on the Brooklyn Bridge in the early 1900's. Then Elijah brought in a picture of his family on a bridge, saying Tashlich! Dovid is on the bridge in Piedmont Park,in his picture. Bridges are everywhere!

We read about bridges. Our favorite book so far is Let's Try it Out with Towers and Bridges by Seymour Simon. We liked the activities that Simon suggests. We built a human pyramid and learned about foundations. 

Can you build a strong bridge with blocks and paper? Yes,with arches and pleated paper. 

Don't forget Human bridges. That's us!!

How about working with straws and modeling clay to create buildings with strong foundations!

Micah's mom prepared and taught us how to make a plank bridge. Everyone painted planks (wide popsicle sticks), then we glued them onto long strips of balsa wood. Using the holes that Mrs. Linefsky drilled, we strung it up in our bridge corner. We can roll a spool across the bridge and look underneath to read our names!

Outside, we build bridges and enjoy playing on the wooden bridge.

This is just the beginning. 

We hope our parents will enjoy seeing the buildings on Parent night and we challenge you to build bridges too.

Morah Ruth   Morah Sara