Good Afternoon!
Our Tuesday started with trains. While this is a lovely group or individual activity, we found that this morning it’s also a great problem solving activity. While the train track is a great fine motor skill tool, friends found out that it can be hard to put together. Who do I ask for help? Do I ask a friend? Or a teacher? Children asked for some assistance today when they needed help.
We saw a few confused and frustrated looks. However, when everyone pitched in, we built a wonderful train track!
Sharing was another concept that we saw during this play time.
Children jumped and wiggled at the jungle gym. Clara jumped up and down while P.K. maneuvered himself into different holes and crevices.
Clara and P.K. pointed out that our friend Daniel had arrived!
We put on finger puppets and played pretend! The finger puppets talked to one another.
Clara worked hard to get her finger puppet just right on her finger.
After all the morning play, P.K. and Daniel needed some “chill” time where they each relaxed for a while. It’s wonderful when our friends know they need a breather from play time.
Friends dipped their hands into paint today! We used green, yellow, orange, red, and pink today to paint lovely pictures!
A few friends resorted to the sensory filled paint which included using their hands!
It was somewhat chilly this morning so we put our hats and coats on.
The pea gravel was an attraction this morning that our friends enjoyed.
We scooped the rocks. We dumped the rocks.
We used different tools to do this. P.K. chose a funnel where he scooped the rocks into and then they fell out of the bottom. Clara and Eren used shovels to scoop with. We found out that any tool worked!
The steps are always interesting to our friends. A few choose to hold onto the railings while going down the stairs and some choose to walk through the sand box instead.
There are a few sensory filled trees outside! Clara enjoyed having the leaves brush up against her face. Friends followed and soon all of the Wee Wee’s were enthralled in the tree!
Zoey enjoyed moving around today. She would go from one position to another within seconds. We’re noticing that she’s really starting to get the hang of crawling and putting together the two steps: moving arms and moving legs!
Emma enjoyed quiet reading time during nap. She loves reading to herself and has those few special books she pulls out every afternoon.
For breakfast, children had cheerios and banana. AM snack was cucumbers. Lunch consisted of hummus on tortillas, pears, and snap peas. Afternoon snack was string cheese with animal crackers.
Have a good evening!
-Mindy