Superhero provocation

2 posts published by msmcdonell during February 2018

After taking a break from the blogging world for the past month or so, and in part of celebrating the new year, I wanted to finally showcase and share our documentation from our students' Superhero Inquiry (since it's been on my very long "To-Do" list for a while)! It was most definitely an inquiry that was fantastical in nature, however, it was so empowering for our students to take lead on answering each other's questions and wonderings and using their imagination to drive their thinking…

I spend a lot of time watching and listening to the kids, trying to figure out what interests them. I love to teach the standards by using the kids interests. When I do this, they use the academics they need while they investigate things that they are interested in. It makes them excited to learn and they automatically use reading, writing and math skills with out any push from me when these skills are needed during the investigation. Sometimes, the interests are small groups, but sometimes…

Continuing our theme of superhero activities (see my previous post here), we have done a few literacy based centers using “You can be an Everyday Superhero”. This post contains some great literacy center ideas with 3 FREE printables! We started off by making this anchor chart (the students coloured in the superhero’s face): I asked …

Measuring superhero’s with cubes! #eyfs #eyfsmaths #superheros #earlyyearsideas

Last year my class was absolutely OBSESSED with Super Heroes. They were everywhere in the children’s play, indoors and out, but most especially at the small building centre. It really all sta…

Problem solving and shape space and measure. Get children familar with numicon shapes / numbers. Superhero themed 'city'.

You are going to love this collection of superhero crafts for kids! Superheroes are always popular with kids and these super hero arts and crafts are

These activities go along with the book, Even Superheroes Have Bad Days, or a mini unit on Superheroes. There are 5 colorful centers, and 5 print and play activities. Even Superheroes Have Bad Days- Preschool Book Companion Superhero Races- Roll, color, and be the first to reach the tower. Sticker Shields- Count stickers onto each super shield! Superhero Subitizing- Write numbers on dot stickers. Match the sticker to the correct group of dots. Superhero Stamping- Use alphabet stamps to stamp…

Inspire the superhero in your child with these fun Superhero STEM Activities that combine their favorite characters with science, coding, math, and more!