Preschoolers' Dream Loft
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Dear community,
We are a couple of preschool teachers from SouthWest Early Learning Bilingual Preschool, looking to fundraise money for materials and labor for our project “A House for Little People.” This project will help us build a loft in the Salmon Creek classroom and continue the children’s interest in engineering and architecture. Some of the funds will be used for equipping the children with some basic tools, materials and labor to continue this project.
Why are we doing this? As a non-profit, free bilingual preschool located in the heart of West Seattle- Delridge, we hold some fundraising events during the school year to allocate money for field trips, supplies, and the overall quality of care for our children and classroom. However, by doing this for the Salmon Creek community, not only do we provide the children with the experience to have a loft in their classroom, but also a learning opportunity that would reflect this process.
Based on our values and philosophy that we hold here at SWEL, we strongly believe that a play-based curriculum will meet the developmental needs of the children in our care, and prepare them for their future. During their play and our observations, we first began to notice their interest in construction and building. This led us to take on projects around height and measuring, as well as, learning about the creation of blueprints (plans). A child, who participated in our summer learning program, referenced a project we did with the Columbia Tower; with this new idea in mind, we based the study around architectural engineering.
We have taken our children on several field trips including, The Home Depot, the Columbia Tower and observing buildings around the Delridge community. Here, we began the dialogue around the importance of the tools they need to create “stuff”. We had a discussion around what project we can work on as a class using tools, and “a house for little people” was an enthusiastic suggestion from one of our students. A loft will provide endless possibilities - anywhere from congregating, reflection, and experiencing new height levels that aren’t already accessible in our classroom; along with opportunities to presumably solve many social emotional differences the children may have with one another.
As the children’s teachers, we know that this is a process and we are trying to evoke these very same principles to the children. We believe that this fundraiser will benefit them greatly in all aspects of their learning. They’ll learn more about the benefits that come from organized planning, research and being enrolled at a non-profit bilingual preschool. We just hope you share this same vision with us and help us meet or exceed our goal. Thank you for taking the time to read and being part of our legacy. If you would like to learn more about our preschool please check us out at www.southwestearlylearning.org.
With gratitude,
Teacher Cristina, Teacher Javie, Teacher Karla and Teacher Claudia
With support of our Director Karina Rojas Rodriguez
We are a couple of preschool teachers from SouthWest Early Learning Bilingual Preschool, looking to fundraise money for materials and labor for our project “A House for Little People.” This project will help us build a loft in the Salmon Creek classroom and continue the children’s interest in engineering and architecture. Some of the funds will be used for equipping the children with some basic tools, materials and labor to continue this project.
Why are we doing this? As a non-profit, free bilingual preschool located in the heart of West Seattle- Delridge, we hold some fundraising events during the school year to allocate money for field trips, supplies, and the overall quality of care for our children and classroom. However, by doing this for the Salmon Creek community, not only do we provide the children with the experience to have a loft in their classroom, but also a learning opportunity that would reflect this process.
Based on our values and philosophy that we hold here at SWEL, we strongly believe that a play-based curriculum will meet the developmental needs of the children in our care, and prepare them for their future. During their play and our observations, we first began to notice their interest in construction and building. This led us to take on projects around height and measuring, as well as, learning about the creation of blueprints (plans). A child, who participated in our summer learning program, referenced a project we did with the Columbia Tower; with this new idea in mind, we based the study around architectural engineering.
We have taken our children on several field trips including, The Home Depot, the Columbia Tower and observing buildings around the Delridge community. Here, we began the dialogue around the importance of the tools they need to create “stuff”. We had a discussion around what project we can work on as a class using tools, and “a house for little people” was an enthusiastic suggestion from one of our students. A loft will provide endless possibilities - anywhere from congregating, reflection, and experiencing new height levels that aren’t already accessible in our classroom; along with opportunities to presumably solve many social emotional differences the children may have with one another.
As the children’s teachers, we know that this is a process and we are trying to evoke these very same principles to the children. We believe that this fundraiser will benefit them greatly in all aspects of their learning. They’ll learn more about the benefits that come from organized planning, research and being enrolled at a non-profit bilingual preschool. We just hope you share this same vision with us and help us meet or exceed our goal. Thank you for taking the time to read and being part of our legacy. If you would like to learn more about our preschool please check us out at www.southwestearlylearning.org.
With gratitude,
Teacher Cristina, Teacher Javie, Teacher Karla and Teacher Claudia
With support of our Director Karina Rojas Rodriguez
Organizer and beneficiary
Karina Rojas Rodriguez
Organizer
Seattle, WA
SWEL Preschool
Beneficiary