Where are we?

The other day I supplied the children with some pictures and we placed them on the floor joining them with paper to show where we live from the small picture to the big picture. They started by drawing a picture of their house, then we talked about where their houses were and the resounding answer was here. I then showed them a picture of the council buildings in Rolleston.

Vida: That is in Rolleston

Miss B: So where is Rolleston?

Claire: Rolleston is here

Miss B: What if someone from Australia needed to know where Rolleston was

Claire: We could drive them here or take photos to show them

Miss B: What would you take photos of?

Tyra: The school

Claire: The library and the shop where you get food.

Campbell: The Warehouse

I then gave the picture of the South Island and then New Zealand and we talked about where Rolleston was on both of these images and then followed this with a picture of Earth.

Miss B: Where is Earth?

Campbell: Here

Claire: Earth is in space. You can leave your planet and go out in space.

Miss B: What else is in space?

Campbell: Circles

Tyra: Planets

Connor: Some planets have rings.