Wednesday: Z is for zipper

Here are some questions you can ask your preschooler about our day:

What did the friend in our book zip and unzip all by himself?

What zipper did you find on our Zipper Hunt?

Did you make a surprise for someone today?

Wednesday: Z is for zipper

SURPRISE WORK: With Mother’s Day coming, there is a surprise table that children worked at …no photos or stories about this but it kept us very busy today. Some of these will be in backpacks and some will be presented to you at graduation on Sunday.

NOTE ON SECRETS AND SURPRISES: I will never ask your child to keep a secret from you. In fact, I didn’t even ask them to keep this a surprise from you. They can tell you all they want about this project and you will still be surprised when you get it. I encourage you to remind your children regularly that no one should ask them to keep a secret from their parents and if they do, they can tell you that too!

ZIG ZAG THINGS: For our project this week we’ll work on cutting along zig zag lines and using new zig zag scissors…this is a very tricky task! We also have a journal prompt inviting us to draw zig zag lines.

ZIPPER WORK: At Circle Time we went on a Zipper Hunt! Some friends didn’t have to even leave their dot spot because they were wearing a zipper! Other friends found something in the classroom.

Remember: the simple act of zippering a coat requires bilateral coordination, finger isolation, open thumb web space, separation of the two sides of the hand (on BOTH hands), motor planning, pinch strength, eye-hand coordination, pincer grasp, and tripod grasp (most often of the non-dominant hand). No wonder it takes a while!

STORY TIME: We read All By Myself by Aliki today. This story shows a young child getting himself ready for the day, going to school and getting ready for bed. This was the perfect book to connect our own zipper work.     

COPING SKILL OF THE WEEK: Zip it up. We bring in a little movement and stillness with this week’s Coping Skill: we start by wiggling our bodies then pretend to zip it up from our toes to our neck…just like a onesie or footie pajamas!   

HERE ARE MORE PICTURES OF OUR DAY: