we played a version of simon says using left and right commands. oh, but how to remember which is our left? which is our right? especially when ms. kristin is standing in front of you and she is a mirror image? or when she turns around to stand like you so you turn around too? what do we do?
we put on wristbands from the thrift shop. since it was l week, we put them on our left hand. very handy.
the concept of left and right is one that we may not see the grasping of during preschool. it is a common phrase among preschool educators to refer to “your other left” or “your other right” because many young children simply haven’t mastered it!
we did some finger painting one day in preparation for a martin luther king jr project and made handprints of each set of hands. we referred to their hands as left and right as we did it and wrote the words for them.
thank you, new creation fellowship church!
we received generous donations from church friends and were able to purchase two wagons. we installed some soft padding and rainbow fabric to make them especially cozy.
ms. vilia and i get our exercise and the preschoolers get the thrill of a ride. no worries, we are still finding ways to get everyone’s heart rate up and to learn the value of walking!
we do show and tell every day with guidelines given in our monthly newsletter. for instance, M week: bring something that starts with M. for G week: bring something that grows. for B week: bring a baby picture of yourself. well, for the first week after christmas break, there were no guidelines. simply bring what you like! we made sure to do show and tell early enough in the day so there would be time to use those things during work time. other than the times we sat so quietly listening to ms. vilia’s books, it was busy, busy, busy! like christmas morning all over again!
i don’t think there has ever been roller skating in the classroom before. why did we wait so long?
in honor of the new year, we read amanda dade’s new years parade and noticed all the amazing hats and crowns. we also noticed that it is a little girl who leads the parade and then gets to STOP the parade. hmmmmmm.
afterwards, we used outdated calendars to make our own crowns.
again, more finger muscle work folding the strips. some were most successful doing a basic crumble or scrunch. the other end of the spectrum was accordian-style folding. most kids enjoyed rolling the strips and pressing down to make creases.
we were relishing the beautiful weather and actually brought our project outside to do! several kids called out a spontaneous, “happy new year!” when we put the crowns on.
happy new year indeed.
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