The week started off wonderful with the first All School Sing of the year! It’s so exciting to share our classroom with friends and family, and it’s made even better by the beautiful songs our music teacher, Tony Soll, teaches us.
Outside in the yard, we played a game of Ring Around the Rosie. We all held hands and sang the tune while practicing walking in a circle and falling down safely. Soon enough, children were able to facilitate the game all by themselves. We also played with foam rollers, squeezing soap out of them with our hands and scrubbing paint off of the wall.
As the weather is starting to actually resemble Autumn, it felt appropriate to start exploring the inside classroom. After friends ate snack outside on the red rug and read The Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, they slowly trickled inside with teachers. The first step to coming inside is to wash hands in the bathroom, then we can make a choice at one of the areas in the classroom. At the art table, children could make marks on the table itself or paper on the chalkboard using colorful pastels. The green rug was the perfect place to set up train and their tracks. Kids even tried to make a life sized train with baskets inside, just like they do with the crates outside! Children also practiced taking turns and sharing at the peg puzzle table, passing each other pieces and naming the animals and vehicles they see.
We ended our days listening to music on the rug and joining along with our singing voices and shakers. We even had luxury of Brian playing music for us on the guitar. Feel free to comment any songs you and your family enjoy listening to so we can play them at school!
