11/12/2025
🚗💡 Our Preschoolers explored the power of wheels through observation, experimentation, and collaboration.
Under the guidance of PLC leader Karen Edwards, educators Tracy Gates, Mary Lather, Natalie Lukatsky, Nicole Mostacci, and Maureen Boyer collaborated on an exciting learning experience.
✏️🧠Students created a mind map that showcased what they already knew about wheels. From there, they rolled into discovery—observing, experimenting, and exploring how wheels move and what makes them work. Students worked on a mock bike shop, collaborating to “fix” and build with wheels. Lukatsky and Mostacci, along with their students, also turned the play area into a car wash, helping students make some real-life connections. ✨
The project was designed around the Teaching Strategies Objectives and the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards (IELDS), addressing key areas of development, including social-emotional growth, meaningful peer interactions, and development across cognitive, physical, and language domains.
