Self Concept!

Yesterday, I noticed a couple of the kiddos playing together. One of them became frustrated when they could not agree who would push the play grocery cart. As I watched from afar to see how they would react, I noticed one of the girls immediately begin to cry and yell. I walked over to the girls and calmly reminded the child who was crying that she should use her words to express her feelings versus crying and raising her voice. She immediately wiped her tears and asked the other child in a calm voice if she could push the cart. Of course, the other child allowed her friend to play with the cart without any further discussion. I praised both of them for their efforts on trying to get along. I also noticed for the rest of the day that both children were conscious of their reactions to certain situations. I observed them on several different occasions using their words to express their feelings to one another verbally without losing control of their emotions. Mother Goose Time

Happy!

The children played a game called, "Petanque" [pay-tonk]. They discussed which games make them feel happy,and which ones make them feel frustrated. They learned that children in France like to play Petanque. Each child took turns throwing a wad of paper from behind a line and measured the distance. 

Happy baby!

The children explored and cut out photos of people with different expressions. 

K became frustrated when she couldn't cut her pictures out by herself. I encouraged her to rip the paper instead of trying to use scissors.

We read a story aloud and the children made a face for every emotion word they heard in the story. The children taped a sausage to their nose when it happened in the story. They discussed that happiness comes from the heart and not from the things they buy. 

Dancing to tunes!

  Mother Goose Time

Sad!

How do you look when you are sad? I cut out blue and yellow strips of paper, and had the children practice making  happy and sad faces. When I waved the blue paper, they practiced making sad faces, and the children made happy faces when I waved the yellow strip of paper. 

Sad face!

The children are singing a song about the days of the week. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and then we start again. Whoo!

C is the calendar person for September. 

The kids are showing me how their lips move when they are sad. 

K is practicing sad faces in the mirror.

The children are decorating mirror boards 

The children are getting ready to play the Happy/ Sad Game. It's  similar to "Red Light, Green Light". The kids skip and run when they see me lift the happy face. When they see me lift the sad face, they sit down and pretend to cry.

I set out the Tangrams and the children traced around them onto a piece of paper.

Afterwards, I placed several shapes into a bag and had the children pull out a shape. Then, they searched for a matching shape from the pile of tangrams and traced it onto their paper. 

The children discussed a time they felt sad. Then, they each took turns carrying a doll and rocked it back and forth. Afterwards, they took turns role playing what they could say to make a friend feel better if they were sad. 

I love that smile.

The kids are working in their journals. 

K is working on the letter P in his journal.

Outdoor fun!

Mother Goose Time

Playing Together

What do you like to play with your friends?

M likes to play cars.

The children are passing around a paper heart and sharing kind words with one another.

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We sang a song called, "Do You Know the Number 1" to the tune of "The Muffin Man".  Each child took turns naming a body part and adding it to a verse. 

The children are exploring by assembling a puzzle together as a group. 

The kids did a great job working together. 

The kids brainstormed and discussed nice ways they could play with their friends. 

I helped them write their names and a friends name on the puzzle pieces. They attached the puzzle pieces and glued them to their headband strips. 

The children are searching for the hands on letter F. 

K found it!

Afterwards, the children took turns holding the uppercase F, and searched to find a friend with the matching lowercase letter.  

Later we discussed what parts of our body that we use to climb. Afterwards, I read a storybook to the kids about an elephant who loved to climb and got stuck in a tree. We shared our ideas on how we would have solved the problem. 

Playtime!Mother Goose Time