Che discovered some broccoli today. He informed me that he "loooooves broccoli!"
Yoga Ms. Krista taught us some new poses today. I tried recording part of the yoga session today, but my battery went dead (it had been on the charger all morning??). I'm super video camera impaired. I need someone to come in and start filming snippets from our day for us.
Check out that table pose!
Ms. Krista finished off with reading this book (ack! I forgot the title...I had to take a wee one for a potty break in the middle of it).
We also read from Head to Toe by Eric Carle and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.
Art Here's a sample of work your children did with the black and white color exploration. I will be adding more soon.
This week, we're beginning a watercolor exploration.
We've been listening to Mantras for Children a lot lately. I first heard this CD when Ms. Krista played it while we made dreamboards during a workshop I attended. I love everything about these mantras. And they're perfect when we are working on our art explorations. You can hear a clip HERE
A snippet from Monday. Playsilks seemed to be the choice of the morning for play, along with dancing along to some flamenco music by Ottmar Liebert.
And some fun napkin art found in Damon's lunch box this week.
I found a great way to manage my documentation and anectodal notes, so in the next few weeks, I'll be sharing with you part of your child's portfolio!
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR DAY Dramatic Play Today, I introduced the mini puppet stage and the finger puppets. The kiddies got a kick of the 'show' I put on for them, and then Austin quickly jumped in following me and then Lulu finished.
Gross Motor and Outdoor Fun Lulu busted out the playsilks and took them outside for some running and chasing fun.
Austin learned how to push Sophia in the swing and more importantly, to quickly get out of the way when the swing returns! This will really help me (as I have to continually stand there to push whoever is in the swing). Is that being lazy? Hehe.
Art
Spanish (and Music)
José-Luis Orozco is a recording artist, composer, author and radio host of children's programs and has been working with children, parents and teachers in the field of bilingual education since before I was born. My mother was a bilingual Pre-K teacher, so she introduced me to his work many years ago. Today, we sang La Granja (The Farm).
I was trying to decide how to have the children participate with this song. After a few times of hearing it, if we have a group of three or four kiddies here, they can all make the sound of a particular animal in the song. For today, I used the Schleich farm animals that I have to make the sound at the right time in the song. I was just missing the dog, cat, and donkey, so I 'improvised'. =)
La Granja
Vengan a ver mi granjaque es hermosa. Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. El patito hace así, cuá, cuá. El patito hace así, cuá, cuá.
Oh, vengan, amigos,vengan amigos,vengan, amigos, vengan. Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa.
Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. El gatito hace así, miau, miau. El gatito hace así, miau, miau. Oh, vengan, amigos,vengan amigos,vengan, amigos, vengan.
Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. El pollito hace así, pío, pío. El pollito hace así, pío, pío.
Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. El perrito hace así, gua, gua. El perrito hace así, gua, gua. Oh, vengan, amigos,vengan amigos,vengan, amigos, vengan.
Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. La vaquita hace así, mú, mú.la vaquita hace así, mú, mú.
Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. El gallito hace así, kikiri, kí. El gallito hace así, kikiri, kí.
Oh, vengan, amigos,vengan amigos,vengan, amigos, vengan. Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. Vengan a ver mi granja que es hermosa. El puerquito hace así, oinc, oinc. El puerquito hace así, oinc, oinc.
Sophia had fun reading our borrowed Diez Pequeñas Mariquitas book to us all.
Phrase of the Day: When we were eating lunch, Austin (who usually takes his time to eat), ate most of what was on his plate, told me he was finished, so I asked, "Already?" On his way out to the porch (toward the play kitchen) he says, "I need to go cook."
Earlier this summer, my playgroup had a playsilk playdate in which we mass ordered white playsilks and dyed them ourselves (MUCH cheaper that way). Initially, I only ordered 5 for Sophia, but when I saw how cool they are, with their open ended creative play. I ordered more to add to the materials for the Casa T. kiddos. See the magic that playsilks inspires in this video, made by Three Sisters.
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