U is for up: THURSDAY U WEEK

For U Week children have been going under the tables, adding arrows pointing up on Uppy our Alphabet Friend, doing underwater puzzles, coloring unicorns and playing on U shaped balance boards. Today we read about our friend Peter from The Snowy Day again. In today’s book, A Letter to Amy, it is spring and Peter’s letter goes up in the sky during a rainstorm…uh ho! We figured out how old Peter was and compared it to our ages too.

Our Coping Skill is Looking Up: “…looking up and out not only lets the brain improvise and play, but it improves our capacity to maintain a focused state of mind with less effort so we actually get sharper at our thinking.” What do you see and how do you feel when you look up for 5 seconds?

Thursday: U is for Up

Questions you can ask your preschooler:

What did you jump up to push today?

What shape did you draw in your journal?

Uh ho…what happened to Peter’s letter?

What did you point your arrow at?

UP ARROWS: Today we colored arrows to use during Circle Time and as a tool for nonverbal communication to show what we want or what we are looking at. During Circle Time we used our paper arrows to point at each other’s Show and Tell things!

JUMPING UP: With all of our umbrella work, we brought Mama Cloud back in the classroom for us to jump up and push.

LOOKING UP: We worked in our journals making arrows pointing up and talking about what we see when we look up at our classroom ceiling. Uppy has his eyes and smile and was there to watch!