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Weeks 1 & 2: Understanding Spatial Language

Lesson 1

Practicing Spatial Language


Circle Time

Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch Read Aloud  
10–15 min.

 

A man holds up and reads the book “Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch,” by Mary Peterson and Jennifer Rofé.

Children listen to a story about two piggies who run all around the farm, having fun.

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Where Did the Piggies Go?  
15-20 min.

 

A boy draws a pathway with a marker between, over, around, and through landmarks on a printout of a farm map.

As you reread Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch, children draw the piggies’ route on a map.

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Intro to Map Adventures: Landmarks  
10 min. 

 

A man models playing a game that shows two characters in a pig pen in the Gracie & Friends “Map Adventures” preschool spatial thinking app.

Introduce the Landmarks games in the Map Adventures app by focusing on spatial language.

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Learning Centers

Block Party  
10–15 min.

 

A boy and a girl position two different block towers in relation to each other based on a paper card on a table.

Children pick cards and build block towers that match the cards.

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Gracie and the Goat  
10–15 min.

 

A man holds up a card showing a spatial relationship between a cartoon girl and a goat while two kids position paper bags with the characters.

Children pick a card and use the Gracie and goat character props to match the positions on the card.

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Play Map Adventures: Landmarks  
10–15 min. 

 

A girl swirls laundry around in digital dryer as she plays the Gracie & Friends “Map Adventures” preschool spatial thinking app.

Play the eight Landmarks games! Go around the pond to collect ducklings, jump up and down with pigs, and more!

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