What's So Exciting About a Napkin?

From Andrea and Kellyann's Group

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8.12.09

After free play outside, this morning we came together in the back room for our morning gathering and greeted each other with our Buenos Dias song, followed by Chocolate song in Spanish, per Ava's request. I read the book Wheels on the Bus which was Sophia's older brother's book when he was young, so it's about 17 years old! The children enjoyed the book as it has the tabs to move the characters on the pages. Krista finished off morning gathering with some fun yoga inside. For a description of the yoga done today, scroll down to read Krista's post. :)



My group headed into the Atelier and the children were greeted by a stack of white paper napkins on the table.

When I invited them to take one napkin and begin to explore with it, they weren't quite sure what to do with the napkin, and looked me, confused. This makes sense as a napkin is an everyday object, and well, there is nothing exciting about a napking, really. I encouraged the children to begin to explore with the napkin--open it up, roll it, wrinkle it, tear it. They began to manipulate their napkin and their little hands and brains began to have a different and new encounter with their napkin. Once glue was offered, the children began to make compositions. The glue was the big hit today as they enjoyed moving it from the bottle to their paper. Much more exploration with this to come.







"Here is my snake"
-Anika


"I made a snake too"
-Mia

Compositions



"I have lots of snakes here"
-Alya

"I made this for my mom"
-Ava

"First, it was a square, then it became a triangle."
-Mia

"I wrapped it up like a gift, for my mom."
-Anika

Krista's group in the Atelier today




More Photo Snippets from the Week

Light Table Exploration





Alaira became a big sister this week! Congratulations to your family, Karen!



Krista doing Sun Salutations with the children in the morning. What a great way to start the day!