Amber Smith Blog 2

This week was a lot of fun at the preschool.  I am bonding with the kiddos, discovering their interests, and creating fun memories for myself.  The kids are three and four years old, and they are really into animals and fine motor skill activities, particularly puzzles, number games, and drawing.  This week they worked on their vowel sounds, particularly the letter A.  Projects included identifying and cutting As out of magazines and posting them accordingly on the capital and lowercase A for display.  I like how every transition and new activity is introduced with a song.  It keeps the kids energized and motivated to learn throughout the day.  Most of this was done in Spanosh.  However, they do take English class and they can count to ten in English, and are continuing to learn small words in English, such as "cloud" and "climb", which was what they learned this week.  I participated in many of their activities, most of which were fine motor.  This week the school also celebrated recognition of the ocean and many projects included art activities with sea animals and a sensory project with the kids touching various sea creatures, such as crabs and clams(none of which were alive, of course!  You'll see a picture of me passing around a crab). They were really into drawing this week so we drew together.  I noticed when I was drawing particular objects for them, they prepared to color them in advance by gathering the colors they, or I would need to complete the drawing.  It was nice to see the little ones identify their colors through drawings that were still in the recess of completion.  Through play, I have learned what the children have learned throughout the year.  I a looking forward to another great week!