Today we started the day a little differently. We began with the kids all on the carpet looking at books. For morning circle, we read our book of the day. Our book today was The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland. Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep take shelter in a cave on a cold and rainy day, only to realize that a bear is there. The bear roars loudly and says that he is trying to sleep. Not understanding why the bear is so cranky, the other animals come up with ways to cheer up bear. Moose finds antlers for him, Lion gives him a manx, and Zebra paints on stripes. When none of that works, Sheep comes up with a plan and makes bear a pillow!
We spent the rest of morning circle talking about the word "cranky", and identifying some things that make us cranky. We also talked about some things that we can do to help when our friends are cranky. The kids were very perceptive about "crankiness"!
Ms. Danielle was here today to help us practice throwing and catching. She set up four stations that the kids rotated through. One station was a bean bag toss, one was a scoop and ball partner toss, and one was a velcro tic tac toe board where the kids took turns throwing balls in the boxes. The last station, and probably the most favorite was throwing a frisbee at three bowling pins trying to knock them down. I concluded after watching these stations that, as a whole, our throwing is not that bad, but our catching needs some work!! We ended with a fun line game called Over and Under, where the kids take turns passing the ball to the person behind them over their head, or between their legs.
Ms. Stacey came for music today! We sang our hello song, and the kids even did it with strong voices a cappella and with no help from the teachers! Next, we sang Bare Necessities for the last week. Clearly, everyone had practiced. Some friends even knew the words to the verse and not just the chorus! After that, everyone got an instrument and we learned a new song called "Pole Pole". We learned that when you are driving on a safari, there are signs that say pole pole along the way, and that means go slow, go slow, so that the animals can cross the path in that spot safely. We sang the song taking tuns - on Ms. Stacey's turn, voices and instruments stayed quiet. Waiting and listening and managing that impulse to play can be so hard! On the kids turn, they played and sang about the different animals we could find on safari. After that, everyone got a scarf and we played a listening game with the song Day-O, which we learned was about picking bananas. For each of the different sections of the song, the kids had a new move to do and had to listen closely for changes in the music to know when to change their moves. After that, it was time for goodbye!
Then, to celebrate the beautiful sunshine.....and a great week at school.....we headed off to the park to play on the big playground. The kids were all sweaty and hot when we got back to school just in time for lunch and dismissal!
Enjoy your long weekend!
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