Cognitive Development: The Many Ways We Organically Implement Spanish into Our Everyday Routine.

-Incorporating Spanish as We Practice Our Colors!

One of the fun ways we practice our colors during circle time is using colorful scarves. The students enjoy placing them over their heads, tossing them in the air, and creating a playful game of peek-a-boo as we name the colors.

As the students call out the colors, we make sure to name each color in Spanish.

Our friends are very excited to say blue (azul) and red ( rojo).

-Using our 2D Class Pictures to Encourage Body Recognition in English and Spanish!

Our 2D class photos are a great tool used for body recognition. As the children point to their friend’s nose, eyes, mouth, and ears, they would then attempt or successfully point to their own. As we practice, we also make sure to translate the names of the body parts in Spanish.

eyes (ojos)

nose (nariz)

mouth (boca),

ears (orejas).

Cognitive/Language Development!

Painting with Our Bodies: Through Art Children Use Their Creativity to Plan, Design and Construct an Idea.

How will the students approach the paint provocation?

What emotions does the medium provoke?

toddlers approached the painting provocation with huge smiles- staring at their teachers, while they slowly crawled up to the large paper canvas, as if they were asking permission to touch. 

Once in front of the provocation, each student manipulated the medium at their own pace. First poking the cold puddles of paint with theirs fingers- creating very refined delicate strokes on the white canvas.

With hands and fingers pressed into the wet paint, the students would look up at their teachers, giggle and then continue on with their exploration. It was not long until our friends began crawling over the canvas, using their bodies as a paintbrush.

As we watched the students in action, consumed with the texture and bright colors of paint, we observed how the activity encouraged verbal communication, excitement and fine and gross motor practice.

Home Fun: please explore colors this weekend.

Example : point to anything in your home or during your trip to the supermarket this weekend and ask your little one “what color is this?”.

It will be fun!!

Thank you, 1A families!

Have a lovely weekend.