Happy Thursday!
Today we are making a cookie craft. The cookie makes a circle, but with a bite out of it, makes a "C". Cookies starts with C and that's good enough for me, by Cookie Monster (see link below) was the inspiration for this craft. We are finding things around the house today that begin with C and our colors of red and green. We will play the same ball game that we played yesterday.
Circle time will be the usual for this week. We also discuss how c-c-c-calendar starts with c. I am focusing on the hard c sound because it's just less confusing to these preschoolers. The most important thing is that they are engaged and learning to socialize and follow directions, not that they memorize anything. However, they tend to memorize some of it anyway, so that's just a bonus!
If there's anything I've learned throughout the many years of childcare is that if a child is being naughty by being all over the place and kind of "wild" acting, a good solution is to engage the child. This can be coloring, a game together, a "new" toy (hide some toys so that you can trade now and again bringing fresh toys to the scene), letting them cut scrap paper or coupons (only when they can do it safely), going outdoors for free play or on a walk or bike ride, etc. Kids usually act this way out of boredom and boredom is usually an indication of a need for attention or direction. Be aware that television and other screen time should be used sparingly, since this actually has an adverse affect and may be one of the main culprits in the rise of ADD and ADHD.
P.S. If you don't have any interesting coloring books, check out the Internet. Ask your child what they would like to color and I can almost guarantee you'll find it. If the answer is "dinosaurs" just Google "dinosaur coloring pages" and you can print them out right there. Make sure to follow directions because somethings you have to click something before it will print out properly. I also sometimes copy and paste it to a Word document if it doesn't want to print out correctly.
C is for Cookie, by Cookie monster (it correlates w/ our craft today!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BovQyphS8kA
Some other C links- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sajer1cV-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzlDxNt1Wck&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEuy-HsvF2o&feature=related
The Alphabubblies alphabet song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6NybKhBLrY&feature=channel
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