We hope that everyone is off to a good start for the week.
We began our day with cereal and milk for breakfast. As soon as the children were done Chloe brought out the felted leaves and sat right on the middle of the felt board putting the leaves over her head singing the dominant-tonic pattern we have been working on. We responded to her interest in the leaves by singing “Autumn leaves”. More and more children joined in with enthusiasm. As children joined in they suggested more songs. We sang rhythmic chants and “Aram Sam Sam”. Chloe, Marta Olivia and Sloane sang melodic and rythmic patterns spontaneously and accurately.
From the felt board we moved to the sink as some friends wanted to play with water and bathe babies, cars, letters and trains!! We talked about wet and dry, we used washcloths to scrub with soapy water and towels to dry the objects.
Max mentioned how some objects were bigger than others and we also noticed how some animals had horns and ears, like the giraffe and others ears and a trunk like the elephant!
After water play we had time outside. We walked, bounced, ran, danced and jumped around the big circle several times singing “we are gonna go”, we also sang “Ring Around the Rosie” and “Sally go round the Moon”. At one point Marta asked for a shovel and pail to scoop sand. Soon all the others asked for their own shovels and pails and all were scooping and pouring side by side in our sandbox.
Unfortunatelly we are still having problems with our camera, so only our first two shots are from today. The rest are just some random pictures from last week, ENJOY!
