Color/shape/fine motor and cognitive skills
The teacher put a large piece of contact paper at the easel and provided different shapes (foam and felt material). Teagan seemed to enjoy sticking them as she and the teacher articulated the names together. As she selected them, she categorized some shapes, oval, rectangle, stars, and diamonds.
Creativity/Fine Motor Skills/Imagination/Dexterity/Shape/Color/texture
Ericksen creates a train with the bristle blocks. Each block stimulates Ericksen’s imagination as he mesh together and pull apart the pieces to reconstruct. He structure is a train and he changes his design only to extend his train longer.
Teacher: “What are you building?”
Ericksen: “A train!!”
Teacher: “Who is in the train?”
Ericksen: “Mommy and daddy and me!”
Teacher: “Where are you going?”
He did not reply, but he demonstrated a lot of creativity as he builds and rebuilds his structure!
Block playing contains the seeds of exploration, imagination, and creation. The properties of a block, size, weight, shape, and stability level are fundamental to their building and discovery.
Counting/Shape/Letters/Numbers
We are counting how many letters are in our names using unit blocks, and then we are incorporating tall and short concepts. We counted the letters of two different names; for example, Ericksen and Aria. The teacher stacked the square blocks for each name and counted how many letters each name had. Then we asked the children which one is tall.
This is a fun way to incorporate different math skills. We will continue exploring and comparing it with all the children's names. Next week, the name cards will look different. Each card will have numbers at the bottom of their letters.
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Color/Sensory/Imagination/Fine Motor Skills
Shaving cream is an amazing, messy, sensory experience that uses the sense of touch, sight, smell, and sound. It is a textural wonderland that changes and reforms in your hands. Adding color enables swirls and patterns to form and burying their hand and fingers. Some used paintbrushes, Popsicle sticks, or their hands. Shaving cream encourages children to manipulate and mold, building their fine motor skills and coordination
Exploring the Projector
A projector is a tool that helps children see color, shape, and light differently. As they observed and explored with different items, they looked curious as they saw the various forms and images on the wall. Some children maneuvered the Magna-tiles, creating different designs. They focus on the projector table, not realizing that they can see the objects on the wall. We used some sensory bottles, but we were not always able to see through them due to the dark coloring. We were able to see a transparent bottle, containing some water and color! The children looked curious as they noticed how it looked on the wall.
We will continue exploring the projector next week!
