Gas Station

Washing windows, pumping gas, checking tires…. these activities and more engage children and grown-ups alike at our Pretend City Gas Station. And how much per gallon did you say the price of gasoline was today? Children will find out first hand as they use the money they”ve earned working in Pretend City to fill up their own gas tanks!

The following are some of the activities which will support brain developing connections and California State Educational Content Standards that are addressed at the Gas Station.

When I role play in the gas station, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

express myself using words

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK2.0
K2.0, K5.1
1-2.0
2-2.0
3-2.0

experiment with different adult roles

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK2.2
K1.2
2-2.3

solve social problems through negotiation with others

Performing Art/Theatre:
2-2.1, 2-5.1, 2-5.2
3-5.1, 3-5.2

sort and organize play things

Performing Art/Theatre:
K2.3
2-2.4

improvise and use things in a symbolic way to represent something else (abstract thinking)

Performing Art/Theatre:
K2.3
1-2.1,1-2.2
2-1.2, 2-2.3

carry out ideas with the cooperation of others

Performing Art/Theatre:
K2.2, K5.2
1-5.2,
2-2.1, 2-5.1, 2-5.2
3-5.1, 3-5.2

exercise imagination and creativity

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK5.1
K2.0
1-2.0
2-2.0
3-2.0

follow the development of thoughts and ideas in the plot of a story

Language Arts/Reading:
1-2.5, 1-3.1
2.1a, 2-2.1b
3-2.1c

predict outcomes

Language Arts/Reading:
K2.2
1-2.5
2-3.2

When I pay for gas, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

recognize and use the concepts of shape, size, length and location, all counting; reading and math skills

Mathematics:
K2.0, K2.1, K2.2

practice counting money and notice dollar denominations

Mathematics:
K1.2
1-2.2, 1-2.4, 1-2.1
2-2.0, 2-2.1
3-2.5, 3-2.6

Visual Arts:
PK2.1

exercise imagination

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK5.1

express ideas

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK5.1

co-operate with others

Performing Art/Theatre:
2-2.1

When I finger paint, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

exercise imagination and creativity

Visual and Performing Arts:
PK2.0, PK4.3
K2.5, K4.1

experiment with mixing and making new colors, a science skill

Visual and Performing Arts:
PK1.2
1-2.2
3-2.2

use the concepts of shape, size color and location

Visual and Performing Arts:
PK2.3, PK1.3
K1.3
1-1.3,1-2.5
2-1.3
3-1.5
Mathematics:
K1.0, K1.1
1-2.1
2-2.1
3-2.5

When I drive my car, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

strengthen core (torso) balance, coordination, and gross motor skills (legs and arms)

Physical Education:
K4.7
2-4.9, 2-4.10
3-4.10

use energy in a constructive way

Physical Education:
K3.6, K4.3,
1-3.7,
2-3.6, 2-4.1, 2-4.2
3-4.5, 3.7

experience the concepts of speed, direction and location

Physical Education:
K1.3, K1.0
1-1.3,1-1.4
2-1.1
3-2.1

negotiate and take turns

Physical Education:
K5.3, K5.4,
1-5.3,1-5.4
2-5.5, 2-5.6

solve problems

Physical Education:
K2-5.6

demonstrate self-confidence as I master new skills

Physical Education:
K5.1
1-3.1,1-5.2
2-3.1