The pizza restaurant and pizza art continued in full swing this week! We made pizzas of all sorts with paper, paint, stamps, dot paints, and crayons. We saw some pizza restaurant set up happening as the children set welcoming tables complete with menu, plates, and napkins!
We encourage children to bring in books from home and are happy to sit and read individually or with a group.
We have morning meeting every day in the classroom. The there are a lot of responsibilities that the children take on in order for our meeting to happen smoothly. There is someone to lead the "breathing" to settle us into our group. Another child sends around a "greeting" which is sometimes the gentle sharing of "something little" which they then identify when it returns to them. A child looks out the window and talks about the weather, putting the peg onto the weather picture that describes it best, and finally, a child dictates a message which is read to the rest of the group, complete with illustrations and questions at the end. We sometimes ask the children "what do we need for this to be a well -run meeting?" and there are many expert answers!
We painted a giant pizza in the room this week! This project involved collaboration and cooperation as paint was applied to all spots on the pizza, then paper "cheese," "peppers," and "pepperoni" were sprinkled on, with a little glitter to finish. When the large pizza was dry, we gathered to cut the pizza into enough slices for everyone!
Free choice time gives the children a chance to form strong relationships based on interest and imagination. The room is set up so that independent choices can be made, and there is always room for more than one child in a space.
Sometimes the children take a center to a new level, as in this instance when a child used the take out containers to pack nicely balanced lunches, and served one to a friend with a glitter bottle "juice" chaser.
The children see the teachers with cameras in front of their faces, and we've stocked the dress up area with used cameras....and so the children take pictures of the teachers!
Until Next Time,
Michele
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