Happy 3rd Birthday, Aris! We had such fun celebrating with you on Monday!!
Ocean Life
This week we took a dive into the ocean and started to explore the salty habitat. We took a peek at what happens to paint when we add salt, we made i-spy jars to start language development and storytelling in addition to the ability to sort and categorize objects that belong together, we also began creating dioramas of ocean life inside a shoebox. There were a variety of math skills to work on this week - matching, counting, sorting, and identifying objects that don’t fit within a set.
Please let me know if there is a specific facet of ocean life that your child is interested in so we can continue honoring their interests. For example, if someone really likes dolphins, I’d love to know so that I can design circle time activities that are about dolphins. Thanks!
Art Prompts
We began working on some art prompts this week. Are they helpful? They use less materials and are generally less of a mess than the sensory projects that I had been posting. There was an interest in illustration and using drawings to become stories, so I wanted to test out some activities geared toward that.
We have been doing a lot of them here and it has been going well, so I hope they have been meaningful projects for you and your child to work on. We especially enjoyed the doodle line game where each person adds to one drawing.
Field Day
What a fun way to spend our morning today! I hope everyone enjoyed rolling, working on handstands, and stretching their bodies today during our gymnastics session. I also hope that you were able to continue some of the field day fun at home - we tried out some sack racing and balloon tennis here. Don’t forget to make your own gold medal - you are all amazing and deserve it!
Music & Songwriting
Music is incredibly important in a young child’s life. Their bodies are hardwired to be in constant motion, always moving around and exploring. Music helps to focus a child’s energy (or let a child’s energy out, depending on the tempo!). Now that your child has encountered hundreds of songs in their life, you might notice that they are starting to come up with their own little ditties. Follow this interest and encourage it! Music lends itself to language development and acquisition, to rhyming and sound recognition and will help your child learn how to read and understanding the sound of letters and words. If your child created their own song, please share - I would so love to hear them.
Final Self Portrait
If your child worked on his/her final portrait of the year, please send them my way so I can add to the portfolio. Thank you for always sending me updates and images - I miss the kids and seeing them only thru circle time is not the same as the in person interactions we had previously.
Thank you thank you thank you for all of your help and participation. I know how hard it is to make the time, but I appreciate it! You are an amazing group of parents, and we value all that you do for your children.
Monday is dress up/costume day! Have a fantastic weekend. Be well.
