Focusing on Emotions
Last week we reviewed emotions with our 1A friends and showed "emotion props" - happy, sad, and mad/angry faces. Some were drawn on paper plates, and others were designed on coffee filters.
We asked the students:
"what does your happy face look like?"
"What does your sad face look like?"
"What does your mad/angry face look like ?"
The 1A friends were more than excited to demonstrate their happy face and especially their mad face :)
Toddlers are little people with big feelings that they don't always have the words for. Play is one of the best ways for young children to practice expressing and managing their feelings.
We will continue to focus on emotions throughout the school year.
Morning & Afternoon Meetings!
During our meetings this week, we sang our favorite songs, made playdough, read stories, practiced color recognition, counting, numbers, shapes, engaged in puppet play, and made paint together. We also introduced new Spanish vocabulary.
Here are some videos/pictures that were shared with us this week!
Thank you for sharing!
Here are a few songs and read-aloud links to keep busy this weekend:
Music Links
Sharing Song
https://youtu.be/96fq4YmYjzQ
Fast Classical Music (Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Bach
https://youtu.be/2QKuxt_QKts
Relaxing Piano/Disney piano collections
https://youtu.be/p7efQ4NTZcY
Run Baby Run
https://youtu.be/wFnYq2pMDbs
The Animal Sounds Song
https://youtu.be/t99ULJjCsaM
Clap Your Hands
https://youtu.be/C3c8fzbsfOE
Si Estás Feliz
https://youtu.be/lU8zZjBV53M
Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
https://youtu.be/hlzvrEfyL2Y
Read-aloud Links
Please Mr. Panda
https://youtu.be/w9UWV5gvo8A
The Pout Pout Fish
https://youtu.be/oqupxANpqIE
I Can Share
https://youtu.be/djKvBRDIYeQ
The Watermelon Seed
https://youtu.be/emv72FHxJaU
Bear Sees Colors
https://youtu.be/sgfToyCrCUA
To view 1A videos ( read-alouds, sing alongs and more) click the link below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11OofIDM8rVDfU-dJKq8cPaQSclhxM4un?usp=sharing
Here is a link where you can watch African animals live in their natural habitats.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-animal-lookout-camera
This a great site for little ones who love animals. Here are a few questions you can ask your toddler while watching:
What animal do you see?
What is happening?
What are the animals doing?
Why do you think...?
Next, based on the responses, continue asking:
How?
Why?
What?
Reminders:
Please check out our Buckle My Shoe Vimeo account, where you will find uploaded read-aloud and specials throughout the week.
Specialist videos will be released daily at 11:00 AM.
Monday- Cooking with Chloé
Tuesday- Spanish with Maria
Wednesday- Science with Melissa
Thursday-Yoga with Annabel
Friday- Art with Rachel
Buckle MY Shoe Vimeo Link:
Next weeks home fun details will be emailed to you this evening.
May 26th-29th
Thank you, 1A families!
Have a lovey weekend.