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| Mrs. Willson's Very Excellent Building Adventure |
| I ordered a new circle station cart for the classroom. When it came in we took it out of the box. It was not put together so I thought it would be a good following directions activity for the children. This was about the third week of first grade so I read the directions while the children put it together. First we sorted the parts and then counted so we knew we had all the parts to do the job. |
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| We gathered our tools and went to work. I would read the directions and the children would discuss what they thought they heard and what they should do. |
| The shelf got put together without having to get outside help. The children had to work together cooperatively. We learned: How important reading and listening skills are. Sharing and working together accomplishes much. People can hear the same thing and interpret it differently. Some people can look at a drawing and know what to do. Girls can build things too. You can do lots of things by following the directions. What a great 45 minutes we had. The cart is wonderful! We use it daily. |
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