yes! this wasn’t in my lesson plans, but it made a way for dr. king to enter into our dramatic play a bit more.
“look, dr. king, this is you!”
i heard murmurings of why he was smiling sometimes and why he was serious sometimes.
we spend a lot of time looking in mirrors during our M is for Martin week.
all of us. : )
at the first circle time i invited preschoolers to start thinking of something they wished they could do. about an hour later we gathered again and wrote down the ideas. then there were paper strips to glue (a bit like new years fireworks?). these are posted in our display cases, so i want to have them here for families who don’t make it down to the classroom.
happy new year.
p.s. we have a few more preschool friends to hear from, we’ll get there!
when i found this photo taken by ms. carol, i smiled.
i wonder what prompted this friend to climb up to perch here. did he get a stool? a chair? was this a solo gig? a cooperative game? what is he thinking? how long did he stay there? is he just trying to reach the cash register? how did he get down?
i will suggest that too often we as adults instinctively say no. we limit children’s ideas and desires. we don’t trust their intentions and motivations. as a mother of my own three children, i hear myself saying no to them very often. i’m too tired, the house is already too messy, supper needs to be made, etc. i work on this. but at preschool, this is my job. teachers: this is our job.
find out why a child is sitting on the shelf. find out why she wants to take her shoes off. find out why he has left his snack on the table but he is looking for a book. find out why paper is being unrolled all over the floor. find out why the playdoh has been placed all over the doll. find out why and i hope that we can respond, why not?
nearly 8 years ago, in winter of 2002, our church had a fire which destroyed the contents of our preschool.
one of the amazing results was replacing what we had with new, beautiful things. i remain grateful for all the help in those stressful weeks and months following the tragedy. as i’ve said before, i like to use banners and fabric to provide softness and color to our room. this set we use one at a time, changing with the seasons. welcome, winter.
in honor of the new year, i offered sparkly pens for journal work.
there were some busy hands. i. must. remember. the. value. of. sparkly. gel. pens.
one friend drew her self portrait 5 times…ending with a switch to the pink pen. : ) the drawings were almost identical. i love this stage of early childhood.
quite an accomplishment!
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