A Olivia & Doudou learning journey
Tell a journey
What makes a destination useful or recognizable, and how can we care for it?
Choose a landmark or shared destination. Tell the route and include one way to care for the place.
Begin the journeyAt your own pace.
Use one chapter at a time over several visits. Open the related notebook page only when it helps the conversation.
A discovery to listen for.
Can the child pair one feature with its city and support a comparison with visible evidence? The child links a place with a plausible use and describes a connection to another place. The child connects one practical choice with plants, animals or keeping a shared place pleasant.
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Discover World Landmarks
Can you find a tower, a bridge and a waterway?
Identify three destination features and compare their shapes and uses.
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Build on your last discovery
Places We Share
What might someone do in this library?
Connect three shared places with a use and explain how they fit into a community.
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Build on your last discovery
Sharing and Caring for Places
How does the path help the plants?
Explain how one visible visitor choice helps plants, wildlife or a shared place.
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For teachers
A sequence you can adapt.
Choose a landmark or shared destination. Tell the route and include one way to care for the place.
Paper and a pencil or crayon; the pictures can be viewed on a screen. No purchase or travel is needed. Read the answer cues and offer a described or pointed response.
- Discover World Landmarks
Design a pretend landmark: Identify three destination features and compare their shapes and uses.
Return prompt: A landmark helps us recognize a destination. Next, explore everyday shared places and what people can do there.
- Places We Share
Give your pretend place a shared destination: Connect three shared places with a use and explain how they fit into a community.
Return prompt: A shared destination connects people. Next, choose how to care for the place and give other living things space.
- Sharing and Caring for Places
Add one care choice to your map: Explain how one visible visitor choice helps plants, wildlife or a shared place.
Return prompt: Tell your pretend journey again. Include a recognizable feature, a connected route, a shared destination and one thoughtful visitor choice.
Closing check: Tell a pretend journey and explain a connection, a useful destination and one way to care for the place.
Take this journey onto paper.
The poster pack includes every lesson in this journey. The companion includes parent conversations, classroom plans and a discovery record.