A thorough, drenching cold rain welcomed us back from our spring break this week, but it brought with it many flowers to grace our playtime! It worked well because our story this week was about a kind grandmother who finds a baby fairy sleeping in a tulip in her garden. Despite the rain, the children still took time to water our garden each day. Maybe we'll be as lucky as the grandmother in the story! Once the weather cleared up, the children broke out the water and set to "painting" and scrubbing all of our toys and the garden stones. The warm change of weather certainly reinvigorated our outdoor play and energy!
We have started work on our seasonal craft for Spring. We are making "Easter gardens" in egg cartons and each day making a little something (or two!) to put into our egg cartons. This week, the children helped pour not-too-hot wax into some egg shells for little springtime egg candles. They also wet felted some wooden and styrofoam eggs with wool. Soft wool is carefully wrapped around an egg form and then dipped in warm soapy water and squeezed gently until it begins to bind together. As it begins to bind and get tighter, the wool can be rubbed faster until it has completely felted itself around the form. It's a very interesting sensory experience and requires that children carefully squeeze and rub the wool without pulling or stretching it; a strong exercise in self control!
A fun little fingerplay I've been doing with the children has a strong rhythmical sound to it, and they just love it. It goes "Rabbit, rabbit, carrot-eater, said that there is nothing sweeter than a carrot everyday! Munch, munch, munch and run away!" See if they can do it for you. Our fingerplays are a much anticipated part of the day, and while stimulating many parts of their brain for language and fine motor coordination, they are simply great for settling the children down before a story.
A fun little fingerplay I've been doing with the children has a strong rhythmical sound to it, and they just love it. It goes "Rabbit, rabbit, carrot-eater, said that there is nothing sweeter than a carrot everyday! Munch, munch, munch and run away!" See if they can do it for you. Our fingerplays are a much anticipated part of the day, and while stimulating many parts of their brain for language and fine motor coordination, they are simply great for settling the children down before a story.
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