Where we are in PLACE and TIME~

Where we are in place and time is the transdisciplinary theme of our new unit. 

When the children in the wind group discussed the theme, great inquiries and stories arose.  

Trystan: "So, the new unit is about ‘us’ (we) and where we are, like ‘at school, doing group time." 

After Trystan's explanation of our new theme and more discussion of what the children think about the past and the present, I read them a story called "Winter Days in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The story led the children into looking at how a family in the late 1800s lived in the woods of the Midwest United States of America; we discussed how different those times were from todays, how they had no electricity and no stores. This story is the fundamental piece for our journey in this unit. 

We will spend the first few days looking into changes that take place in daily life. 

Central idea: There are similarities and differences between the way people lived long ago and the way people live today.