Sing, Sing, Sing!!

Wow!!  It sure feels good to have the first few days of school under our belt.  The children had a wonderful day today.  Each day we become more familiar with the routines, room, and expectations the smoother the day goes. 

Today we had lots of fun singing.  Last night I used some old Easter eggs and filled them half way with rice.  I then taped them up tight, so we could use them today as instruments.  We played our new instrument as we listened to the song "Play Your Instruments."  This song works on a child's ability to self- regulate, which means to learn to consider ones own behaviors.   During the song the lady would sing and we would walk around the room and play our instruments.  When the lady said, "..until you hear the word stop."  We would all stop. 

We also used manipulative's during our writing time to create "Mat Man."  For "Mat Man"  I would sing something similar to ... Mat man has two ears, two ears,two ears, Mat Man has two ears so that he can... and the children would fill in the word hear.  We we t through each body part and in the end Mat man emerged.  We will repeat this activity next week.  Our next step in the process will be working with a partner to draw a person with all of its body parts using a dry erase board.