What a fun week! Thanks for your efforts in celebrating Week of the Young Child. It’s a very special holiday that we enjoy each year.
Music Monday reminded me of the importance of using music to help children with their daily routines. In the classroom, we always have some sort of music happening. We use classical music to help us focus when we need to get important work done, use lively upbeat music when we play in the gym, and very calm and quiet music when it’s time for nap. If you’re having a challenging time at home, try putting on some music and seeing if that helps!
For Tasty Tuesday (which happily matched up with the day we talked about the letter T!), we challenged everyone with the task of creating their own recipe! What did your child come up with? What do they like to cook? Do they always eat what they help cook? Recipes help us learn math skills, science as we watch ingredients mix together and alter appearance, and life skills as we need to be able to cook food to eat!
Working together is something all of the children enjoy doing. We learn so much from others. Were you able to make a useable bridge together? Wednesday was also Earth day, so we used recycled lids to make Earth prints, and took our learning outside as we had a guide for a nature scavenger hunt.
Artsy Thursday is always my favorite and it was so hard not to post a million ideas for everyone to play with at home. We usually get super messy and paint with our whole bodies - but I hope you were able to at least work on some sponge painting, some Picasso portraits, or becoming an art scientist and seeing how different canvases produce different results!
Family Friday was all about being together and recognizing all of the special people in our lives. I hope that everyone spent some time together thinking about all the ways that we love and appreciate one another and how we need each other.
Next week we will be finishing up the alphabet!!! We will move on to having a shape of the day and also start focusing a bit more on animal habitats again, like we were doing at the school.
If Eudenis or myself can help out or assist you in any way, please let us know. We are here to support learning, give constructive ideas, and to even help you figure out how to work on an activity even if you don’t have the recommended materials. Reach out anytime!
Have an amazing weekend! Give your kids an extra hug from each of us.