Welcome back! This week has been so fun in story hours, because we have really experimented with our imagination. Children were given scarves for the duration of story hour so we could pretend to be the wind, the leaves, shaking animals out of the tree, and paintbrushes!
Literacy/Developmental Skill: imagination plays a critical role in problem solving and learning. You can nurture your child's imagination by playing games. For example, pretend that your colors scarves are leaves swirling down from a tree or laundry swaying on a clothesline on a gusty day. Wave your scarves as the wind blows!
by Chiara Vignocchi by Karen Beaumont
by Jane Yolen by Antoinette Portis
In our Preschool Story Hour, we had a few additions to our day!
by Sam Zuppardi by Antoinette Portis
Need an idea of an extension activity that goes along with this week's developmental theme? Here are some ideas:
- Play dress up! See who your kids can turn into!
- Tell stories together. You start narrating and ask your kiddos for details, places to go, etc.
- Find a box! Cut windows into it and it can be a house. Make a steering wheel and your box becomes a car!
- Cloud/Star-Gazing: Grab a blanket and head outside! Try to find shapes in the clouds, and make up your very own constellations.
- Arts and Crafts: It doesn't take much to get kids excited about crafts. Pinterest is chock-full of ideas, but really all you need are a few household items/recyclables and some imagination!
- And I really like this article that gives you some detailed activities to do with your kids
- Let them get bored--this is okay! Next time your child says "I'm so bored!" meet them with a challenge of creativity to see what they can come up with! You'll be surprised what new crafts or activities kids can think up themselves.
Lastly, I want to share with you our Goodbye Song. This song is brand new this year, and there are a lot of words and motions to it, so if you ever need a refresher or are new to the song and want to learn it with your kids, here you go!
