What a wonderful week of transitions and settling in. Everyone is more comfortable now and participating in more of the activities that we have ready in the classroom. We continued to do a lot of sensory explorations, as they help soothe us and are perfect for developing our fine and gross motor muscles that will help us learn how to write as we get older!
We worked on our very first building project! Since we have such a strong passion for babies, we decided to build a bed for them! Friends took turns using a screw driver to attach 8 screws into the baby crib. This year we have decided to have a focus on woodworking and building in our classroom, so this is the first of many building creations we will work on!
This week we were also able to incorporate a science project! We used different color water to pour together and watch as the colors changed. It’s always so magical to see colors transform before our eyes.
We explored clay with water this week. The mixture of clay and water together is called slip, and it’s basically a clay glue. It helps to stick two pieces together and will dry as a solid piece. We took out some paint brushes and applied the water directly to the large block. Some friends then explored the slick texture that it created and slipped and sloshed their fingers through the clay.
Eudenis and I also discovered just how much everyone enjoys and responds positively to circle time! We have been reading 3-4 books, singing multiple songs together, incorporating yoga or other movements, using scarves to represent animals, and concluding with 3-4 songs in Spanish. Some of our very favorite books this week include:
Go Away Big Green Monster
Five Little Ducks
Night Animals
From Head to Toe
Some of the Spanish songs we have worked with this week include (we use Super Simple songs Espanol - you can check it out on Youtube).
Bebe Tiburon
Buenos Dias
Hasta Manana
Abre Cierra
Como esta Clima
Esta Feliz
De esta forma?
This week we have started to talk about empathy and caring for our friends, and have also introduced our class agreements that we hope to follow every day!
Next week we intend to cover some more “All about me” concepts as we learn each others names, likes, and dislikes.
Have a great weekend!