Getting Ready

Today was a very busy day spent getting ready for our trip to The Downtown Mission tomorrow. We want each child to be able to personally deliver a bag of food when we get off the bus, so we spent time decorating bags with pictures and words showing support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next job was for each child to choose three items to put in their bag. This way when we do our grand count tomorrow we know exactly how many items we've already bagged. This also proved to be a good exercise in math as the children needed to count the items and then try and fit them together in the bag. They had to choose 'just right' sizes in order to make the items all fit.

 

Our final job was organizing the remaining items so that the boxes weren't overloaded and would be easy to transport tomorrow!

 

Snowpants, Boots, Hats...Oh My!

It's that time of year again when the weather is cold and snowy and our classroom is littered with snowpants, boots, hats, and mittens. With 25 children in the room it can get a little busy at times!  We have been working with children to remember a specific sequence of steps for when they dress themselves for outdoor play time. We are hoping that this sequence will encourage them to dress independently and successfully. After reviewing the steps with the children we posted an anchor chart on the wall as a reminder. We use the same language for the steps as we do when retelling a story.

The steps are:

First snowpants.

Next boots.

Then jacket.

Then hat.

Then scarf.

Finally mittens.

The children are working hard to keep track of their personal belongings and dress themselves.

And it's always so refreshing to see them helping each other!