Buddy Reading is a great activity in our Tools of the Mind curriculum. We work in pairs and pretend read a self-chosen book to a buddy while they listen. Then we switch roles. We use little cards with either lips or an ear on it, to remind us of which role we have at the time. Your kids are great at this!
Tools of the Mind
Monday, October 21, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Dramatic Play in the Family theme
When your kids are doing just what they are supposed to in our play centers, Mrs. Peavey and I reach for the camera and celebrate. Thought you'd like a peek at them as they play their family roles...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Creative Art
Typically we save creative art experiences for the end of our morning. It is something to really look forward to. Who doesn't like that sensory time, color and fun? Here are a few pictures from our textile arts time yesterday and from our cookie dough exploration last week ...
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Fourth week
I predict you may hear news from your preschooler today. We had an exciting schedule planned (our schedule is a linear posting of familiar icons that has our activities, both usual and special ones on it). Kids checked the schedule frequently during the morning. The big ticket items of our day were going to the teachers' room to view our Read for the Record book, Otis, on the big screen projector in there. We kind of pretended that we were going to the movies. The kids were very well behaved, and we'll do this again sometime for the other books on this site. Here is the link to that website (lots of great titles - a free log in): http://www.wegivebooks.org/
The other exciting activity, well ... I'll back up a bit. You know we are in the midst of our family theme for dramatic play. Baking is readily considered a family activity, so yesterday we explored molasses cookie dough, as if it were playdough, for our creative art time, a multisensory activity for sure. We really got into it, sniffing the spices, gooey hands, creating different shapes and cutting them with plastic knives. Today I brought in baked molasses cookies (made from an "unexplored" batch of cookie dough), and after rereading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, we happily sat down to cookies and lowfat milk at the end of our morning. It was a delightful time, though perhaps marginal in the eyes of our Health Policy.
Your students are getting the hang of working in pairs, which is something we do often in pre-k. Buddy Reading, some of our small group math activities, Share the News, and creative art events are done in pairs. The kids are learning the give and take of social exchanges, and the art of negotiation and collaboration during these times, really important stuff. It is an honor to be part of the process.
Have a great weekend - Mrs. Bridgman
The other exciting activity, well ... I'll back up a bit. You know we are in the midst of our family theme for dramatic play. Baking is readily considered a family activity, so yesterday we explored molasses cookie dough, as if it were playdough, for our creative art time, a multisensory activity for sure. We really got into it, sniffing the spices, gooey hands, creating different shapes and cutting them with plastic knives. Today I brought in baked molasses cookies (made from an "unexplored" batch of cookie dough), and after rereading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, we happily sat down to cookies and lowfat milk at the end of our morning. It was a delightful time, though perhaps marginal in the eyes of our Health Policy.
Your students are getting the hang of working in pairs, which is something we do often in pre-k. Buddy Reading, some of our small group math activities, Share the News, and creative art events are done in pairs. The kids are learning the give and take of social exchanges, and the art of negotiation and collaboration during these times, really important stuff. It is an honor to be part of the process.
Have a great weekend - Mrs. Bridgman
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