Ms. Michelle brought loads of sensory goodies today! Two words....bubble wrap! What a great invention for kids to walk, run and jump on. The popping noises were great incentive for the kids to jump with two feet at a time as high as they could. Next,the kids found jewels while digging through a box of beans to put inside a treasure box. In another station, there was a box of 'moon sand' which I so enjoyed. The kids rolled small objects into balls with the moon sand and had their friend find the object. I just loved squishing it in my hands! The final activity of painting orange pumpkins on a piece of black paper with orange paint mixed with glue and shaving cream was a huge hit. Luckily, there is a place to wash off outside the church!
Today ended up being more of a review day, with a lot of time spent identifying seasons and what we do in the Fall, counting with one-to-one correspondence, figuring out yesterday, today and tomorrow, along with telling Ms. Courtney how we made vegetable soup yesterday. Using the sequencing board with pictures helps the kids put things in order as they retell and event.
We wrote in the writing journals today using a picture of Joseph and the dirt dessert he brought last week. All of the kids picked up their pencils and wrote something without any prompting, which is different than a month ago. Some kids were saying their words and sentences out loud as they made lines and squiggles. Ms. Courtney and I facilitated longer, more complex sentence structures and recalling what happened using details through the dictation.
Beau had a great time showing his friends several toy trains from "Thomas the Train". I believe one of them was "Gordon". I obviously need to start watching the shows that children watch so I can keep up with what is new! Ms. Courtney and I encouraged the kids to ask questions of the speaker to facilitate communicative exchanges.
Tomorrow is a full day with Ms. Angela and then going to the grocery store!
