Learn to build with Curious George

Let's Build!

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Curious George

Welcome Teachers! Get set for Let’s Build!, a dynamic educational program for grades K-1. This program features the fun and entertaining children’s character Curious George, whose second season on PBS KIDS starts in September 2007. Let’s Build! will develop students’ skills and engage their natural curiosity to build and create.

OBJECTIVE

• Understanding what a plan is and how it is used to build something.


• Understanding how to recognize and name geometric shapes; learning counting and categorizing skills.


• Understanding the difference between natural and people-made objects, learning different properties of objects and make comparisons.

LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Following Plans
Lesson 2: Shapes and Tools
Lesson 3: Types of Things
Lesson 4: Bonus Activity: Build a House

REPRODUCIBLES
Take-Home Activity Reproducible: Bird Feeder (PDF)
Classroom poster (PDF)
Reproducible 1: Following Plans (PDF)
Reproducible 2: Shapes and Tools (PDF)
Reproducible 3: Types of Things (PDF)
Bonus Activity Reproducible: Build a House (PDF)

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