More Structures
Today Presley said “it’s amazing how quickly they all learn what to do and the routines” Yes. Routines and doing the same thing each day in the same way help us to feel safe.
In family time we started looking at our calendar. I don’t have the huge calendar on the wall like a lot of people. That’s a lot of real estate for just a two minute (if that) activity. We use a regular printed calendar. We talk about what days are important. Like today was Lucy’s birthday celebration so there was a big L on the calendar, that’s how children learn the alphabet through organic conversation and things they can relate to . We also have a pee on there for a pizza party and we have an a for Avery’s birthday.
Today we celebrated Lucy’s birthday
Lucy turned five yesterday. She is showing us five fingers to remind us that we tried the five finger calm down today. It’s a breathing exercise that helps us when we are anxious. This is my favorite calm down activity.
We read the book “Right now . I am kind”
and talked about ways to be kind to our friends. We wrote them on a poster and added our handprint art to the poster.
Boy we had a lot to do today! I also introduced our first nursery rhyme do you know it? Rhyming is an excellent activity to prepare for reading later.
The children enjoyed getting to know Presley. She’s a great playmate.
