Caper Day

 Thursdays are quickly becoming a favorite part of our week.  We love getting to explore other spaces and invitations in our neighboring rooms.

Today we capered with Sycamore and invited them to share in our routine of Think About it Thursday.

With all of our talk about maps, we were eager to see what our friends would say to this question.

We had such fun listening to our friends share what they know.  Some friends replied quickly with a number and a street and they were exactly right.  Some friends replied quickly with a street name, but couldn't quite remember the number.

JA, you made me laugh with your response.  "My street is ___ (removed for confidentiality), but sometimes I say 'Lemons'!"  You are so silly!  It would be funny to live on Lemons Street!

Other friends replied quickly with a number and a street and...well..they were completely and totally made up!  One friend told us her address is "8108 Clayton Rd. "  We knew this wasn't accurate, but we thought we would check out where this address is.  Maybe it is a special place to her, or maybe an address of a family.  Nope!  It's the Galleria Mall!  That would be a fun place to live for sure!

HW, you gave me an immediate response of the route to get to "Nana's beach house."  If I had a beach house, I sure would memorize the route to get there!

We can tell our map work is clicking with our friends, and they are thinking about it because we heard several friends tell us how to get to their homes, rather than where their home is located.  We discovered the word "address" is tricky. 

 When we rephrased and asked "What is the name of the street where your home is?  and "What is the number of your home?" Some friends turned their "yes" into a "no".

These think about it Thursday questions are often paired with our video responses.  Out of respect of confidentiality, we are not sharing the complete videos from those friends who gave us a quick "yes" paired with their true home address. 

Our favorite responses were those who gave us a completely unexpected reply.  

JB, you answered right away with your address, but then you surprised me when you drew your home too!

DM you noticed that our question was on a map and you began to look for your home on the map.  You were trying to FIND your address on our map!

   

These replies have given us a perfect way to develop our map work.  As we have begun using new expressions like "address" and "intersection" , and directional words like "right"and "left" as we walk through our community our friends have begun talking about where their homes are.

We wonder where our homes are on our maps?  Are they close like Ms L's house?  Are they a bit farther away like Ms N's house?

Is my house in Webster Groves, Rock Hill, Shrewsbury, or St Louis?

How do we get there from school?

We can't wait to explore our homes on our maps next week!

Our caper work allowed us to share our work on maps, feelings, and color mixing with our friends in Sycamore.

Check out the link below for a glimpse at the work in the Sycamore room.  You may need to scroll to today's blog if the link opens up to a different day.

sycamore blog