The Target Project

1. The Target Project The Leapfrogs (3-5) Lanni Smith Andromahi Harrison Kara Ellenberg April 2012

2. Why Target? The children were very interested in the aspect of money. It started out by investigating the way money looked and then sketching it. Once the children made their own money, they wanted to use it in a store. Since the children’s work was so phenomenal, I made photo copies of some of their money work. From this the children were curious about real money. This is when we brought play money into our classroom. It did not take long for our family living area to turn into a store. The children were buying and selling instantly and the Target project sky rocketed from there.

3. Making money

4. Exploring play money

5. Connections • Brayden (5.0) is building the Target store with blocks. He says, “this is the counter you check out at. Like it moves when you put your stuff on it”. • When discussing how the items in Target get there Keegan (4.11) says, “milk comes in a truck, because at school our milk comes in a truck”. • When children buy an item at our Target store, Nolan asks for their phone number, “Can I have your phone number?” Nolan (5.7) types the number into the cash register. When asked “why did you need my phone number”, Nolan says, “that is what we do at target.” • When Drake and mom were shopping, Drake noticed the bar codes on all of the items bought.

6. Knowledge Web

7. Personal Stories On the left is Lydia (4.6) who draws a birthday bag and present in her journal. She tells Lanni, “I went to Target to buy a present once.” On the right is