We're back in our rocket ship and ready to finish up with our study of the solar system! The children created beautiful images of planets with bright colored chalk, wrote a book of "Discoveries" that began with the lead statement "I discovered....." and constructed moon rocks with our student teacher. The rocket ship now has a "back door" which makes it a bit easier to get in and out of. We've read the book Not A Box which helped us to think about our use of imagination and cooperation to make our rocket ship. We had an interesting button sorting activity with our Tuesday student teacher, also.
The children are spending quality time at the tables to begin their mornings, then heading out to other corners of the room. Elaborate imaginative scenarios are still the name of the game, and the children are working to incorporate eachothers ideas so that the group works together happily. We're seeing such growth in the group dynamics and social skills of the prek4's!
Words We've Heard:
"the rocket ship is trembling! That means it's taking off!" (as children shook the sides of the rocket ship)
"let's go back to candyland! 5-4 3-2-1 start off!"
Until next time,
Michele
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