Our Home
Sponsored by Willa Dean and William Lyon
The home is at the heart of every family and it is no different in Pretend City. Our Home will reflect the diversity of Orange County and will showcase elements of many of the interesting cultures in our community. Three times each year, the interior of the Pretend City Our Home exhibit will completely change to reflect the real lives of a featured Orange County family. Our exhibit will showcase the family”s customs, decor, rituals, celebrations, food, and even their challenges and successes.
The following are some of the activities which will support brain developing connections and California State Educational Content Standards that are addressed at Our Home.
| When I role play, my brain makes learning connections to: | Activity Meets Content Standard #: |
| express words and ideas |
Performing Art/Theatre: Language Arts |
| experiment with different adult roles | Performing Art/Theatre: PK2.2 K1.2 2-2.3 |
| solve social problems through negotiation with others (Team work) |
Performing Art/Theatre: Mathematics |
| sort and organize things |
Performing Art/Theatre: Mathematics |
| 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 Mathematics |
| 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 |
| develop and evaluate events using inferences and predictions based on data (Logical reasoning) | Mathematics: K2.0, K2.1 1- 3.1, 1-2.0, 1-2.1, 1-2.1 2- 1.0, 2-1.4, 2 2.0, 2- 2.1,2- 2.2, 2 -1.2 3- 1.0, 3-1.1, 3 -1.2, 3- 2.3 |
| improvise and use things in a symbolic way; a precursor to abstract thinking | Performing Art/Theatre: K2.3 1-2.1, 1-2.2 2-1.2, 2-2.3 |
| When I role-play preparing meals, my brain makes learning connections to: | Activity Meets Content Standard #: |
| practice following recipes and instructions |
Language Arts/Reading: |
| learning about nutrition, how food tastes and about food groups | Health: K1.N, K1.2N, K2.1N, K7.1, K7.3N, K5-1N 2-1.1N, 2-1.6N, 2-1.7N, 2-2.1N, 2-5.2N |
| how the elements of hot and cold change the properties of things |
Physical Sciences: |
| different states of matter, liquids, solids and gases, have different properties |
Physical Sciences: |
| experiment with the concepts of volume, mass and density | Mathematics: K1.1 1-1.1, 1-1.4 2-1.0, 2-1.1 3-1.0, 3-1.1 |
| learn new vocabulary words | Language Arts/Reading: K2.5 1-2.1, 1-2.2, 1-2.3, 1-1.3 2-2.7, 2-2.8, 2-1.4 3-3.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.5, 3-1.6, 3-2.7 |
| describe data sets, parts and wholes, to determine what the data show; math concepts | Mathematics: K1.1, K3.1 1-2.3, 1-2.5, 1-1.3 2-2.0, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-2.3, 2-4.2 3-3.0, 3-3.1, 3-3.2 |
| develop an awareness of other cultures as well as my own | Health: K1.2m, K1.4m, K7.2m 1-1.4g 2-1.4m, 2-1.7m, 2-1.11m, 2-1.12m 2-3.2m 3-1.1m, 3-1.2m, 3-1.3m |
| practice safety when cooking to include hand washing, food preparation and storage, and tool use. | Health: K1.1s, K1.2s, K1.9s, K1.4p, K7.2p, 1-1.2s, 1-1.3p, 1-7.2p,1-1.3p 2-1.6n |
