Happy Tuesday! Today’s morning activities helped us work on our fine motor skills. Recently, we have been fascinated by how scissors work. We can’t imagine how something like a pair of scissors could make a big paper into small pieces! So, let’s start cutting! We realized that cutting begins with figuring out how to hold the scissors. We say, “open, close, open, close” as we snip. Cutting papers is a bit challenging so, guess what we did today? We tried cutting playdough! We rolled them into sausage shapes and sometimes laid them flat on the tray as well. Guess what? Cutting became fun and rewarding! Ta happily said, “Cut! Cut! Cut!” while cutting the playdough. Li smiled and said, “I can cut this!” to which Ka replied, “Me too!”. After a while, La and No also joined in and were focused on snipping the playdough into small pieces. On another table, we enjoyed touching and then scooping and pouring rice grains. This activity made us feel confident that we could transfer the rice grains from one container to another!
For floor activities, He liked building long ramps with the blocks and enjoyed letting the cars pass through them. In the kitchen side, Ri enjoyed pretend cooking and invited Br to eat what he made! Ro was keen on checking today’s schedule and carefully looked at what was up on our visual schedule. Then she went to the library and enjoyed the animal book. Each time she saw a picture of a cat, she puts her cheek on it and said, “Kitty!”.
CIRCLE TIME
We love music activities that use colorful scarves. We remember how we try our best to shake our hands after washing them. Singing about shaking hands might help us “shake hands” much easier! We enjoyed shaking the scarves and then putting them up and down! It was such a fun activity! You might wonder what song we used for this scarf activity. Here’s the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx7lK1r7a7o&list=RDcx7lK1r7a7o&start_radio=1
Then, Vieda asked if we could help us with the puzzles she put up on the board. What a puzzle! We carefully looked at the puzzle, then Ka said, “It’s Tylee!”. We tried to do another puzzle, and Ro came in front of the board to help. She moved some pieces and said, “Uh-oh!”. Li came forward and said, “Other side!”. No was happy when he was able to complete the puzzle and his friends chorused, “It’s Ro!”. Face puzzles help us to become aware of our face parts and be able to look at these as details that make up who we are. It introduces us to a concept of how we are the same on the outside in terms of face parts but are different with how they look (color and shape). And learn that we can be different from our friends, but it is okay😊
After park time, we enjoyed our lunch very much! Thank you to our dear mommies and daddies for making our lunch today.
Have a restful evening.
See you all at Arisugawa Park tomorrow for our Sports Day!
Love,
Buds XOXO