This week was all about emotions. What they are, why they happen and how to cope with them. We read stories, sang songs, played games and made crafts relating to this topic. We also talked about the things that make us happy, sad or angry, and appropriate ways to cope with these emotions. As the year goes on, this will continue to be a focus for us.
We practiced identifying emotions in each other and in photos, played Simon Says using emotions, played a Red Light Green Light type of game where when they held up a happy face everyone had to jump and cheer, and when they held up the sad face everyone dropped to the ground and made a sad face. We made a Pout Pout Fish emotion spinner, “Angry Balls” (stress balls) using balloons and play dough, foam emotion faces turned into puppets, and used rocks that had eyes, noses and mouths on them to represent different feelings.
We have been busy working on our names, trying to remember the letters and which order they go in. We continue to practice this using our Velcro and clothespin matching name letters, gluing paper letters on top of names and making a crayon resist watercolour painting.
Some of the books we enjoyed as a group, relating and not relating to our theme, this past week were:
-Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin and James Dean
-The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
-The I’m Not Scared Book by Todd Parr
-The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
-We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
-Sesame Street’s There’s A Monster At The End Of This Book.
Everyone is working really hard at remembering to close marker lids/glue lids/scissors and put things away before moving on to another activity. It is not an easy thing to remember! They have also been doing a great job at walking in a line together and crossing the street safely as a group.
Some fine motor activities we have been working on this week include threading letters onto a string, tearing paper, using a hole puncher, cutting straight lines using scissors and a sliding crafting paper cutter, and using buttons, sticks and dinosaur molds with play dough.
We also introduced the weather to our morning routine and welcomed a new little friend this week. It’s always nice to add new faces to our group!
We practiced identifying emotions in each other and in photos, played Simon Says using emotions, played a Red Light Green Light type of game where when they held up a happy face everyone had to jump and cheer, and when they held up the sad face everyone dropped to the ground and made a sad face. We made a Pout Pout Fish emotion spinner, “Angry Balls” (stress balls) using balloons and play dough, foam emotion faces turned into puppets, and used rocks that had eyes, noses and mouths on them to represent different feelings.
We have been busy working on our names, trying to remember the letters and which order they go in. We continue to practice this using our Velcro and clothespin matching name letters, gluing paper letters on top of names and making a crayon resist watercolour painting.
Some of the books we enjoyed as a group, relating and not relating to our theme, this past week were:
-Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin and James Dean
-The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
-The I’m Not Scared Book by Todd Parr
-The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
-We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
-Sesame Street’s There’s A Monster At The End Of This Book.
Everyone is working really hard at remembering to close marker lids/glue lids/scissors and put things away before moving on to another activity. It is not an easy thing to remember! They have also been doing a great job at walking in a line together and crossing the street safely as a group.
Some fine motor activities we have been working on this week include threading letters onto a string, tearing paper, using a hole puncher, cutting straight lines using scissors and a sliding crafting paper cutter, and using buttons, sticks and dinosaur molds with play dough.
We also introduced the weather to our morning routine and welcomed a new little friend this week. It’s always nice to add new faces to our group!
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