Brick Building: Winter Holiday Book and Build Club: Create and Share with Bricks
What's included
1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Is your child excited about the holidays? Come have fun with a winter/holiday themed story and build with other brick builder friends! We'll unlock some holiday/winter creativity by building with bricks as we enjoy time to talk, engage with the book, and share our creations! We'll begin each class with a story time, please see schedule below. Drawing on my expertise as a classroom teacher and elementary school librarian, I work hard to capture your child's attention with our story! I love drawing children into the book with my enthusiastic read aloud style. As we read, I always like to add in some reading skills like making predictions, connections, and responding to the story. Learners will have time to interact with the story through discussion as they begin working on their creations. After the story, your child will share with others about their favorite part and we'll work together to retell the story with teacher guided questions about the story. We'll then brainstorm ideas on what to build from the story or related to the holidays. Learners will build and interact with others brick builders to share ideas and help each other. This is a great way for your learners to work on their social skills and oral communication skills. Depending on the age range and size of the class, breakout rooms may be used during our building time. As the class finishes up, we like to gather back together to share about our creations. This gives us a time to ask questions and give comments about each others' builds. Some builders may finish in the given time, whereas others may not. I always encourage learners to share whatever they have made if they would like to show our class. Learners are not required to share. If you learner wants to post a picture on our class page that's always fun too and can be a way for them show it especially if they didn't quite finish their creation. Please message me if you would like to request a new time/day. If you have a homeschool group, co-op learning group, or are a charter school looking to have just your own set of learners, please let me know and I can work to set that up for your group. Week of Dec. 5th - Week 1 Book: There's an Elf in Your Book by Tom Fletcher Week of Dec. 12th -Week 2 Book: The Great Santa Stakeout by Betsy Bird and Dan Santat Week of Dec. 19h - Week 3 Book: Little Santa by Jon Agee Week of Dec. 26th - Week 4 Book: The Crayon's Christmas by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers Week of January 3rd - Week 5 Book: How to Catch a Yeti Week of January 10th - Week 6 Book: Snowmen at Night by Carolyn Bueher
Learning Goals
Participate in an interactive read aloud.
Student will be able to use oral language skills to express favorite part of the story.
Student will be able to answer comprehension questions about what was heard.
Student will be able to design and build a winter or holiday themed creation.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
As a teacher, librarian, and mom of 3 young children, I always recommend parents preview books prior to the class to see if they are appropriate for your child.
Supply List
Your child will need building bricks to complete their creation each week.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Read alouds are a vital part of a child's development and a wonderful way to engage learners in the reading process. As an experienced classroom teacher and elementary school librarian, with a Master's in Reading, I love to captive students with wonderful pictures books. I love to incorporate skills like predictions, connections, and summarizing when doing read alouds so learners connect to the text. Adding in the element of building, allows your child to use his/her creativity to build something related to the text and our holiday theme. Fostering the love of creativity and reading are two of my passions and I hope your child will find this course a fun winter favorite!
Reviews
Live Group Class
$12
weekly1x per week
45 min
Completed by 9 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-11
4-8 learners per class