This week in 2B was the Week of the Young Child as determined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). For each day of the week, they designated a theme for all activities to fall under. Although we flipped a couple of the days, we managed to follow along with the themes.
Tasty Monday: On Monday, we began our week by making yogurt parfaits. Each child had the opportunity to scoop their own yogurt, then add in blueberries and crushed cookies to their liking. Once they added everything together, the children mixed it up by themselves and enjoyed this special snack created for the day.
Music Tuesday: For Tuesday, we used the time in between activities as a way to explore music and movement. We started our morning by listening to piano music as a calm way to start the day. We also observed as this time that the caterpillars moved around a lot more when the music was playing. Later in the day, we had an opportunity to dance with scarves. Together, we sang some familiar and some new dance songs while we danced around waving scarves. We then pulled out our parachute and put an egg shaker in the middle. As we shook the parachute, the egg shaker made noise at different speeds.
Work Together Wednesday: In the middle of the week, the children were excited to work together on a few different block structures. The students took down all of the hollow blocks from the shelf and worked together to build large buildings, castles, and ramps. As they worked, they offered each other different blocks or ideas for what they should add or do with their structures.
Messy Art Thursday: For messy art Thursday, we were excited to explore paint in a new way: with our feet! We put out poster board all over the floor and poured paint in different areas. The children were very excited to dance, walk, and jump around in the paint. They noted that it was slippery and pretended to ice skate and not fall (which they were not always successful at!). We typically use different brushes or tools to explore paint, and occasionally our hands. Very rarely do we get a chance to paint using other body parts!
Family Friday: For family Friday, we celebrated Special Person Day with the rest of Buckle My Shoe. Together with our special people, we worked to plant: Cilantro, Carrots, and Basil. The children used the pots they decorated earlier in the week. Each child had the opportunity to scoop some dirt into the pots and drop in seeds of their choosing. We look forward to hearing reports on how the plants grow!
