The Pre-kinder class were a little restless at the start of the day, so we started off with a nice action warm-up song. They love the ‘Walking Walking’ song and went straight into running, jumping, hopping, swimming, and sleeping.
After, they sat down and did the actions for ‘One Little Finger’. Pointing up and down is no problem for the children, and they are pointing to body parts well.
They are starting to identify parts of the face well, too.
Next, it was time for some shaking. They first had to line up on instruction, and when taking a shaker, say “Thank you!”
They did an excellent job and said “Thank you” very well. They then practiced counting up to 10 before playing a countdown game, where they would say a number and then shake while counting down from that number.
At zero they would stop then touch a body part.
If they could say the body part they got a big clap from everyone. When finished, they lined up again and returned the shakers saying, “Here you are.”
We then moved on to the alphabet. First, we sang the ‘ABC’ song. They are good at singing and enjoy singing along, and sometimes dancing.
After the singing, we moved on to coloring. They sat at their tables and responded to their name with a loud “Here!” This would get them their book. Before coloring, everyone looked at the letters and tried to read them.
Today we looked at the letters ‘S’, ‘T’, and ‘U’ and suggested words that matched. Snake and rice were the top suggestions, U was a little trickier. After looking at the letters, it was time to color.
Some liked to follow the dotted lines, while others liked to color the page. Either way, they enjoyed using the crayons.
With the coloring finished, and their hands washed, we all sat down for a little story time. We picked a book they liked then it was read in English.
They also enjoyed the teacher’s dramatic acting.
That was one big bump on the head.
And, with the story done, we sang the ‘Goodbye’ song and said “See you!”
They did a great job today, and are speaking more with every day. Great job, and keep it up.