LEMON TASTING
Our area of focus this year is sensory. This week the the infants got to explore taste. We started off by tasting a lemon. Two weeks before this the infants had the chance to feel the lemon as a whole before it was sliced open. Each child had a divergent reaction.
Sebastian Daza- Sebastian really enjoyed the lemon tasting. The teacher first placed the cut lemon the tray to see his reaction. At the moment he hesitated to feel the the lemon. The teacher directed him by putting the lemon in his hand. As soon as he got to feel his first temptation was to taste it. Sebastian liked the taste and continued on putting the lemon in his mouth.
Juliette Hitz- it was a like tricky to tell if Juliette enjoyed tasting the lemon. The teacher first placed the cut lemon on the tray to see her reaction. Juliette immediately gripped the lemon and squeezed it. She then tasted the lemon with out any interference. On her first reaction Juliette squeezed her lips together and gave a little shake. She continued doing this twice. Then her third time she didn’t want to put it in her mouth and pushed it away on her tray.
Anthony Gierlak - Anthony did not like the lemon at all. When the lemon was placed on his tray and he enjoyed squeezing it. Once the lemon that was cut, he then placed the lemon in his mouth. After tasting the lemon he threw the lemon on the tray and didn’t want to taste it again
Sebastian Mehtani- Sebastian Mehtani didn’t like the lemon as well. After the lemon was cut and placed on the tray he used is pointer finger to touch the lemon then pushed the lemon away. The teacher squeezed a little drop of it on his lip for him to taste and he got very upset.
Specialists
SPANISH
This week the Spanish teacher sang a song in Spanish called “Eternal sun”. While she was singing she used many motions with her hands. The infants where very focused and intrigued. At one point Sebastian Daza was moving his hands to follow what Ernestina was doing.
MUSIC
Infants showed a great interest in music. Everyday, while we have a circle time the babies participate by shaking their shakers and making their own sounds.
Most mornings Juliette is drawn immediately to the shakers. She loves moving her hands up and down and dancing with her body to the rhythm of the shakers. Music helps the infants with language development as well as social emotional skills. The children recognize and react strongly to their favorite songs. We love starting the day with music every morning.
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