This morning our friends explored and played together! Learning social skills is a valuable part of early childhood education.
In chapel this morning Mrs. Kuhlmann read us the story of Jesus calming the storm. Our God is so powerful! He conquered death when He sent Jesus to die on the cross and rise again to save us. We praise Jesus for the gift of salvation!
What a special day! Mr. Debrick came and read us stories after snack! We are thankful for such a wonderful Principal!!
During small groups, we worked together to create a collaborative painting!
The friends dictated to me a story about food. This activity engages the children's prior knowledge about food. It is important to engage children's prior knowledge about a subject in order to build upon that knowledge throughout the project. Furthermore, as children's prior knowledge is engaged and attached to new information, a an organized cognitive structure is formed. Organized cognitive structures tend to retain information more effectively.
Dictations provide an opportunity for children to see the connection between spoken word and written print. This is a valuable literacy skill!
Some of the children made comments as I wrote what they said.
"Wow! I said all that?!"
"There are two Z's in pizza?"
"I want to write that fast someday!"
We practiced number recognition, one to one correspondence, and counting as we played a counting game with beads!
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