Family and Sorting

This past week was all about family. This unit gave the student the opportunity to learn about different types of families as well as family roles. 

One of my favorite activities in this unit is the family glyph. It's a great way for the students to compare the different types of families that are in our classroom. 

The students have to follow a key and create their own house based on who lives in their household. Each square represents a different family member. As you can see, our class has many different families. This one activity lead to so many great class discussions about family. 

We also incorporated sorting into our family unit. The students had to sort different family members into two categories: child vs adult. This lesson was really great for math, language arts, as well as social studies. Plus the kiddies loved it. 

We also did a really cute rainbow sort when talking about colors. The students had to create a rainbow by matching similar colors. They turned out so cute and colorful. 

To end our family unit, the students created "helping hands". They each got a hand and had to draw a picture of how they help a family member. Some of their responses were so adorable.