Making Maps

Welcome back! The Pine friends got right back where they left off before break. Today, though, the Pine friends welcomed a new friend! S fits right in and is eager to be a part of the group. 

Immediately, S noticed the large yellow box in the back of the room. She asked a few people what it was and when told it was a submarine S broke out in song!
"We are going to America, we are going to Americaaaaa!" 

How did she know how to get to America? 

When asked this question, S simply responded, "You just use your tablet, it tells you how to get there." 

But how does the tablet know?!

S took a minute to think. 

"It has like these little dots that you have to follow to get there."

She ran to the table and began drawing. 

She worked with purpose as she drew the "rainbow sea." 

"I am making the tablet that has the map so you know where to go. The red dots are like where the submarine needs to go to get to America."

She then ran the newly drawn tablet over to the submarine and passed it to W who was patiently waiting inside. 

W studied the map and looked at the different colors representing the sea, the route, and buttons that represented the tablet. 

"He's going to America, he's going to Americaaaaaaa!"

L sat down and wanted to draw a map too. His map was a little different though. 

"It's to find the treasure!"

He drew a few symbols and then folded it up. 

"It has the people on it and then a map for treasure!"

The Pine friends now had two separate maps... one to show a route and one to find treasure. Are there any other kind of maps?

With some digging and searching around the building we came across a map. 

"Look, look, it has streets, and a river, and houses!"

L traced along the curved lines with his finger and started pointing out the different features of the map. He paused for only moment to use binoculars to view it. He searched the map from far away at first, and then much closer. 

"Look, now the map has treasure all over it!"

Such a fun and creative day here in the Pine room. We are looking forward to seeing how maps may influence their pretend play in the submarine and what other ideas they might have. 

So happy to have everyone back!