Yellow Week was filled with a wide variety of play-based
learning activities! Art, literature,
song, and fine-motor activities were all vehicles through which the children
explored the color Yellow.
Divertido con Espanol / Fun with Spanish
Vocabalo de Semana en Espanol / Words of the Week
in Spanish
Azul /
Blue
Hola /
Hello
Adios /
Good-bye
Jennifer
Baker, Parker's Spanish Teacher, paid her first visit to the Pre-K Three class this
week. Jennifer will be with us every
Tuesday morning from 9:00 to 9:30.
Initially, she will spend time observing, getting to know the children,
and speaking to them in Spanish. Over
time, she will utilize story books, songs, games and Art activities as vehicles
for teaching Spanish. Additionally, Jennifer will serve as a resource to me as
I expose the children to basic Spanish.
Morning Meeting was another first this week! The children enjoyed "high five
greetings" and "Morning Message".
Looking Deeper:
Exploration and Learning through play
This Week let's take a closer look at Math-based Fine Motor Materials.
The children have multiple opportunities daily to explore
with Math-based Fine Motor Materials. These materials which include a variety
of pegs, puzzles, geo-boards and other numerous small toys are an excellent vehicle
for teaching basic Math concepts such as counting, sorting and patterning. These activities are "child
directed" which means the children are free to explore in any way that
they wish. The teachers do not model or
tell them what to do these materials.
However, as the following photos illustrate, the children instinctively
use these materials to sort, pattern and line up toys for counting. Once they do so, we seize the opportunity to
make it a teachable Math moment!
Have a fun and restful weekend!
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