Cedar group

Where do things come from around us?

The children from Cedar showed that they love learning from each other.
I asked the children to imagine living alone with nothing and
no one else around them. It was hard for them because we are surrounded
with neighbours, people, stores, and many other things.
This started our inquiry into who and what is in our community.

Jayce:  I came to school in my mommy’s car.

Sophia:  My grandma took me in my car.

Aston said, “I saw the green light when my mom drove
the car in the morning.”

I explained that one way for people to get around in our community
is with different transportations. We played a game, pretending to be
cars and traffic lights.

I asked the children on Monday, “How was your weekend?”
and “Did anyone do anything, go anywhere, or saw anything?”

Ryan said, “I went to the beach. I saw the sea.
My mom bought some fruits; apples, bananas, grapes.”

I asked Ryan where his mom bought the fruits and it generated our group’s conversation of how different jobs in the community are needed for us to buy fruits from a grocery store.

Ryan:  My mom bought fruits in a store.

Sophia:  We can buy fruit in grocery stores.

Elly:  Where do grocery stores get their their fruits?

Sophia:  From farms!

Elly:  Who harvest the fruits on the farms?

Jamieson:  Farmers.

Elly: And how can the farmers send their fruits to the grocery stores?

Aston: They can have a truck.

Elly: And who drives the truck?

Kaitlyn: The truck driver.

After talking about how different things end up in the grocery stores, the children
thoughtfully concluded that truck drivers are very important because almost
all the things need a truck driver to deliver to their destinations.