Beginning the Year
Nursery Rhymes
The first weeks of school have been all about learning new things such as names and building new relationships. During circle time, we have really fostered our oral language development skills, and demonstration of phonological awareness with reciting, repetition, and acting out of nursery rhymes. We have focused on growing those skills with Humpty Dumpty, The Three Little Kittens, and Little Miss Muffet.
Humpty Dumpty
The children not only got to recite and act out Humpty Dumpty but also got to incorporate some science with exploring the effects of dropping an egg and investigating the break.
The Three Little Kittens
The Three Little Kittens were used to incorporate a fun game involving name recognition. All the children acted as the kittens who lost their mittens and had to find their matching color and name mitten.
Little Miss Muffet
All of the children got to dress as either the spider or Little Miss Muffet which the children loved so much but they also were able to actually sample curds and whey.
Musical Lessons
The children not only are attending weekly music class but also having it incorporated in the classroom. The children always love and enjoy going to see Mrs. Wright for music, the class is always very engaging and interactive. We incorporated music in the classroom to teach a lesson on tempo and rhythm. The children danced with scarves to the rhythm of the music and listened to different tempos where they in return tried to match fast or slow with their rhythm sticks.
