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Take The Early Learning Standards Outdoors
With The Adventurous Child Truck Pit
Truck Pit Dimensions:
11' L × 7' W × 28” H
Truck Pit Pricing:
$2,579.00 (plus shipping)
Gravel Panel Add-On Dimensions:
43.75” L × 13.25” W × 36” H
Gravel Panel Add-On Pricing:
$699.00 (plus shipping)
Truck Pit
Children love digging, pouring, sifting, sorting, counting and manipulating pea gravel in the Truck Pit. Animals aren’t attracted to the pea gravel, so unlike sand, the gravel doesn’t have to be covered. The 9-inch-wide wide roads, hills and tunnels of the Truck Pit are large enough to accommodate medium sized Tonka trucks and set the stage for dramatic play. A great addition to any outdoor play area, children will love traveling the roadways, hills and tunnels of the Truck Pit. (Please note: trucks and pea gravel are not included.)
Gravel Panel Add-On
Add the Gravel Panel to the Truck Pit for increased learning and fun in your outdoor classroom. The Gravel Panel Add-On provides three different ways for the gravel to shoot through and fill the trucks and containers below. Pouring gravel through the Gravel Panel allows children to observe and demonstrate directional words—in, out, on, off, here, there, beside, next to and between.
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Discover what the children are learning when they use the Truck Pit and Gravel Panel Add-On.
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- Use new vocabulary learned from experiences.
- Follow one-step spoken directions without prompts.
- Use trial and error to solve a simple problem.
- Count a number of objects up to three.
- Count each object only once.
- Identify first and last.
- Identify when objects are the same number, even if arrangement has changed.
- Give “all” objects when asked.
- Identify the concept of “less.”
- Give “some” and give “the rest” when asked.
- Identify the concept of none.
- Name groups of objects.
- Identify and use the concepts of “one more” and “one less.”
- Make a collection of items smaller by taking away items when asked.
- Make a collection of items larger by adding items when asked.
- Identify attributes of objects.
- Sort a group of objects by more than one way.
- Give clues for finding hidden objects.
- Sort by one attribute (e.g., size, shape, color).
- Use “in” and “out” to indicate where things are in space.
- Order three objects by size.
- Use any descriptive word or gesture to express amount or size.
- Use cups and tools in sand [gravel] and water.
- Identify similarities and differences in objects.
- Make simple cause/effect predictions.
- Create a collection equal to objects in a collection already constructed.
- Use a tool in a new way.
- Use trial and error to solve problems.
- Observe and describe properties of objects.
- Use the five senses (touching, smelling, seeing, hearing, tasting) to investigate the environment and to gather information.
- Ask and answer questions about his world.
- Classify objects by different attributes (characteristics).
- Talk about the fact that everything has a shape.
- Observe shapes and look for objects that are the same shape.
- Participate in activities using materials with a variety of properties (e.g., color, shape, size, name, type of material).
- Investigate and talk about the characteristics of matter (e.g., liquids and solids, smooth and rough, bend-not bend).
- Investigate the physical surroundings by digging in dirt, collecting and classifying rocks, recognizing changes in weather.
- Identify attributes or characteristics for comparison (e.g., color, size, gender, shape).
- Classify objects by an attribute (characteristic) and share their thinking with another.
- Participate in discussions related to their findings.
- Identify and use a variety of spatial relationships with objects (e.g., the child will move self and/or object over, under, beside, and through as directed by an adult).
- Participate in a variety of gross/fine motor and sensory activities.
- Attempt novel gross/fine motor and sensory activities.
- Demonstrate a determination to develop skills through repetitive practice.
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- Follow simple directions.
- Start sharing some objects with others.
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