Project Work: Height
The children’s interest in comparing height and measuring has really taken off with speed this week. They have been comparing water bottle heights, body part lengths, and how tall each other are. A lot of block building has also occurred thanks to Aidan’s interest in the Freedom Tower and Jeddah Tower.
Images of various buildings from around the world were placed in the block area for inspiration. At one point or another, each child created a structure in the block area this week.
So far this school year, the children have only created structures with blocks, magna-tiles, and loose parts during a table activity. To keep their minds open to different materials, this week we tried building with marshmallows. Next week we’ll try to create structures with clay and toothpicks.
Art
Halloween costume designing has begun! Our Creepy Carrots and Creepy Underwear are almost complete for Thursday’s parade.
We also painted with puffy paint (shaving cream, glue, and paint), explored glitter-filled play-dough, and explored clay with natural materials.
Other art activities included painting with liquid watercolor to reveal letters of the alphabet, drawing using dry erase marker on the whiteboard, and George completed his October self-portrait.
Specialists
Emily introduced us to Barry the Bear who loved to be silly. Our job was to teach him what to do when he felt silly and to teach him that there are times to be silly and times to be serious.
Beysi taught us the Spanish words for Autumn (otoño), and pumpkin (calabaza). We also reviewed emotions, and how to say “My name is…”
We worked on using the insides of our feet to dribble the ball this week with Coach Hector.
After a very busy week, Stelios helped us get back to being grounded and relaxed.
Social Emotional & Gross Motor
We played a new game in gym this week: Friendship Dance & Rings. The game starts off with a ring on the floor for each child. When the music starts everyone starts to dance. While they are dancing, a teacher takes one ring away. When the music stops, he children have to find a ring to stand in, but one child will not have one. It is up to the other children to ask that friend to come and join them in their ring. Repeat these steps until you are down to one ring: everyone will have to share the ring!
