History, Civics & Social Studies · Preschool
Our Shared Classroom Project
Olly's class plans a small garden together. Children see how a group decides by voting and counting, how giving everyone a job lets the whole group help, and how working together gets a big job done. A take-home activity plants a seed in a cup.
- 3 lessons
- About 25 minutes
- Working together check: 4 questions
- Ways to answer: choose an answer, count, share out one each, put in order and sort into groups
What learners will discover
- Help a group decide by voting and counting, and know that the choice with more votes wins.
- Give each person one job so that everyone can help with a group project.
- Tell how working together helps a group finish a big job.
Lessons
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Choosing together 4 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
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A job for everyone 3 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
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We did it together 4 steps2 practiceabout 9 min
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Working together check 4 questions at the end
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