We hope that everyone had a safe and healthy Easter and Passover.
The importance of storytime with Theresa
It helps the little ones to stay connected to the teachers by seeing and hearing them. We dearly miss everyone and we hope that these recordings help the infants foster the relationship that we all have developed. Please feel free to visit our Instagram account to see all of the stories read by Theresa.
More benefits of reading books together:
teaches babies about communication
introduces concepts such as numbers, letters, colors, and shapes in a fun way
builds listening, memory, and vocabulary skills
gives babies information about the world around them
An interesting fact:
By the time babies reach their first birthday they learn all the sounds needed to speak their native language. The more stories we read aloud, the more words our babies will hear and the easier they will develop their own communication skills.
Some of the books that we read this week:
“The Very Busy Spider “ Eric Carle
“Corduroy’s Sahpes”By Don Freeman and MaryJo Scott
“Alice In Wonderland” By Jennifer Adams
A new sign language video
Another great way of providing more support for non verbal children is introducing them to the sign language. Here is the new video of the week:
Morning Meeting
This week we enjoyed singing our favorite songs with farm animal props, listening to story time and practicing our sign language. During each morning meeting we continued strengthening connections by revisiting our favorite songs such as Five Little Ducks, Five Little Monkeys and Old MacDonald Had A Farm, but this time we had pictures representing the songs to help the children develop a representational understanding. Showing visual pictures or samples help children understand better on what is happening.
Sebastian and his brother completed one of our classroom activities which was coloring with classical music.
Classical music does wonder in making your baby feel happy and calm. Listening to such kind of music helps in releasing feel-good hormones, also known as endorphins, in the body. Endorphins help in relaxing the brain and thus, improve the mental health of the baby.
Wonderful strides we made this week…
Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos with us. We are proud of seeing our little ones accomplish their milestones. They are becoming so independent! Please continue sharing videos and photographs with use as this a wonderful way of staying connected.
Sebastian Daza uses sign language to express “all done.” Way to go!
Early exposure to signing helps infants to develop their language and reasoning skills.
Anthony and Sebastian are cruising which is it's one of the last steps on the journey toward walking independently.
Juliette is trying a watermelon ! Thank you for doing one of our classroom activity.
Babies needs a variety of food textures. This helps them learn how to chew, and chewing helps with baby’s speech development. It also helps to encourage self-feeding and prevent feeding difficulties as baby develops.
Also happening in this picture:
Juliette and her sister Ophelia are playing with clay. Manipulating (squishing, squeezing, pulling, pushing, etc) a piece of clay helps develops the child's large and small muscles – improving dexterity. Fosters eye-hand coordination. Builds a child's ability to focus/builds attention span.
Children learn to work directly with their environment and change its shape and appearance when they work with puzzles.Puzzles help with Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Problem solving, Shape Recognition and Memory,
Exciting things coming up next week
Monday-
color hunt for green
Tasting anything green.( we prefer an avocado to repeat the taste to see if they will give a different reaction).
Tuesday-
1)Obstacle course
2) Making Snow- We will be needing Two of these ingredients
Baking soda and shaving cream
Baking soda and water
Baking soda and conditioner
Shaving cream and cornstarch
Cornstarch and lotion
WEDNESDAY
1)Water Sensory Bottles- We will need a empty bottle, water, baby oil or corn starch, and anything you want to make your sensory bottle look presentable.
2) Making green paint by mixing yellow paint and blue paint together.
Thursday
1) Dancing to Head, Shoulder Knees and Toes
2)Tasting Lemon
Friday
1) Sensory Bag- Water with oil in a zip lock bag and any color of food coloring. Tape the bag on the floor and let your little ones explore it.
2) Stacking blocks
Please visit our classroom!
https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/NjI4OTA1MTM2NjRa
Have great weekend!