It was truly wonderful seeing all the children returned with big smiles after break. This week, we tried some new activities. One is Gak. it was messy but the children enjoyed stretching, poking and molding it in anyway they wished.
As they played, we encouraged them to express their experience in words. When we asked what they felt in their hands, some said, "Cold," "Heavy," "What's this?," "Yuk" "Look, I have longer one than you," and "Sticky".
As they played, we encouraged them to express their experience in words. When we asked what they felt in their hands, some said, "Cold," "Heavy," "What's this?," "Yuk" "Look, I have longer one than you," and "Sticky".
Teachers intentionally described the experience by using many different descriptive words, such as stretchy, elastic, and "wraps around your hand," "You have more than he does," and "Let's divide it into half".
Fort and Flashlights
A few weeks ago we explored the concept of light and shadow by using an overhead projector. Knowing that many children like crawling under furnitures and making their own cozy space, I decided to create a fort for Bambini children to spark their imagination and their interest in light and shadow.
Some children became more interested in the functions of flashlights than anything. They discovered the buttons to switch the modes of flashlights (on, blinking, and off).
Some children became more interested in the functions of flashlights than anything. They discovered the buttons to switch the modes of flashlights (on, blinking, and off).
Another child built a "house" for a flashlight, by lining the blocks in an enclosed form.
Another child came over and said, "We are in a cave." He put a translucent block against his face and shone the light through to see how it looked like.
One of the children played with a shadow of his hand projected on the wall. "It's a lion. Here is his eyes."
We cannot wait to see how Bambini children are going to take this activity for the next few weeks.