Today, the Nursery class started their English block by saying “Hello.” Many of the children are still non-vocal, however, they have started doing the actions for the song, which is brilliant.
Waving hello, and putting their hands to their face to show they’re happy. If they could say “happy,” they were encouraged to do so.
After saying hello, the children listened to their names and we prompted them to raise their hands. Also, if possible, they could say “here” as well.
There was much celebration at the effort made.
For those who couldn’t quite raise their hands by themselves, there was some help at hand.
With names done, we moved along to a song. Again, it was a song with actions that they could copy, “The Wheels on the Bus.” After a demonstration run where they watched the actions being performed, it was their turn.
At first the children just watched, but soon started trying the actions. The “swish, swish, swish” of the wipers,
the “beep, beep, beep” of the horn,
the “whah, whah, whah” of the babies,
and the “shh, shh, shh” of the mum’s and dad’s.
An excellent effort and great fun had by all.
Finally, the children sat down at the tables and were given their coloring books. This week, they were coloring the letter “Ee.”
They got to choose the colored crayon they wanted to use.
Then, they colored the pictures. As they did, they would listen to the pronunciation of the picture.
For some, they just wanted to play,
and were very happy.
With the coloring finished, the crayons were collected and the books closed. After a big 1…2…3… we all gave a big wave goodbye.
The children are doing very well. They are starting to perform the actions to songs themselves and some are starting to try and pronounce words. Great job, everyone. Keep it up.
