This morning instead of skills, we had picture day. Although it was time consuming and required a lot of patience on the part of all of the kids, they were exceptionally well behaved. Everyone got their picture taken and everyone was adorable!
During centers today, Carol worked with everyone on twisting with their pincher fingers. They wound up toys and watched them chatter. They also spun tops. These activities will help develop fine motor skills. With Beth, the kids are working on sequencing. They sequenced both pictures and sentences. Thinking about sequencing will help when we start summarizing stories. With Amy, everyone worked on adjectives and making sentences juicy. We started with the sentence "The cat ate." Then everyone brainstormed and picked adjectives to describe the cat. Then they brainstormed and added what the cat ate. Last, they added a because. One example was "The fluffy, soft cat ate chips because he wanted food."
The afternoon was full of specials. In Spanish, the kids worked on shapes. They learned el cuadrado (square). They also did beautiful shape art. I hope they show you what they made! In music they sang a beautiful song about a lavender field. They also sang a lot of upbeat folk songs. Emily wasn't in school today so instead of science the kids did art. They worked on landscapes and blending colors.
Today Michelle and I finished making our new calming space:
Right now it's just a calm, quiet space, but we will soon be adding things like squishy balls, fidgety things, and other calming strategies they learn. It was used a bit today and I think it's comforting to the kids to know there's a space in the room where they can feel safe to just be.
Have a lovely evening!
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