“Apples”
As the school year progresses we have observed children express their interests and disinterests. Children have also been very verbal in expressing the songs they like, whether they like an activity or not and of course, whether they want “more”,
Songs we sang during circle time:
Hello how are you.
This song is one of the children’s favorite! At the beginning of our morning meeting children are asked what song they would like to sing, some of our friends respond “ Heo how you.” Some of our friends even sing along!
Good morning
This is another class favorite since each child gets to shake hands with the teachers and sometimes classmates!
Twinkle Twinkle little star
Mr. Sun
What’s the weather?
Days of the week
Today is..
If you’re happy and you know it..
The wheels on the bus
Five little ducks
Head and shoulders knees and Toes
ABC’s
Morning meeting:
Highlights:
Footprints
Children explored and investigated using their feet! Through this activity we explored cause and effect, when they saw that their feet were making prints on the paper, our friends manipulated the paint and their feet in order to make different prints. They also explored tactile and sensory skills from touching the paint and feeling how paint feels on their skin and in between their toes. As we encountered this activity our friends stomped, walked and grasped the paint with their toes! Color mixing was also evident during this activity.
Finger painting
At the beginning of the week some of our friends explored finger paint. Finger paint has a different consistency from tempera paint it is gooey and heavier. This exploration is great for sensory Integration, fine motor development which strengthens fingers, hand muscles and hand eye coordination. A piece of paper was displayed with finger paint on it, as the children came in they gradually began interacting with it. Our friend Una wasn’t fascinated by its consistency, as soon as she touched the paint she went over to the fridge and grabbed a spoon. She then came back and used the spoon to paint! On the other hand Antoine loved the way it felt he grabbed the paint and squished it with both hands enjoying the feeling!
Making oobleck
Making oobleck incorporates turn taking, science, sensory and exploration! Oobleck is a substance that is neither a solid or liquid but rapidly transitions between the two when you introduce body heat. Our 1A friends gathered around the sensory table, as we began pouring the cornstarch they immediately began exploring it by making different lines with their fingers and feeling its texture by rubbing it in between their fingers or just placing their hands inside the sensory bin. We then began to add water gradually and observed how the cornstarch changed, this observation was filled with many “woow” and “more” Once we reached the texture we desired our friends explored!
Our visit to the farmers Market:
The children loved their trip to the farmers market! We first observed the pumpkins that were displayed at the very front, we observed the different shades of orange and the different sizes of the stems. During this observation we discovered that pumpkins have stems in different sizes and different shades of green! Our friend Antoine discovered that there were also apples! He pointed over to the apples and said “apples.” After observing the four different apples we decided to taste them! The children enjoyed tasting all the different apples, when we were leaving the market we decided to ask each child what apple they would like whether it was green, yellow or red, each child then responded with a different color!
Hand prints:
Our friends also made hand prints! It was so fun watching them observe the cause and effect, once we added paint onto their hand with a paint brush they placed their hands onto a clean white paper. They observed the print they left onto the paper and were amazed!
Reminders:
Our annual Halloween parade will take place Oct 31st at 9:30 AM - please let us know if someone will not be able to attend with your child.