Jump, Frog, Jump!

Today we started our morning circle time by listening to the story We Share Everything by Robert Munsch.  The last few days the children have been less willing to share toys with one another.  We also have a few who continually want to be the first person in line.  This story talks about a pair of kindergartners who learn to share everything.  For the handful of children who continue to want to be first and cut in front of others, they will be moved to the end of the line. If this does not correct the behavior they will be asked to get out of line and wait for the rest of the class to change centers.  Then they will be allowed to  move when everyone else is done. 

 

Our theme today was frogs.  We listened to the tape for the story Jump, Frog, Jump!  The children then used flannel board pieces to retell the events in the story.  We also sang the song, "Five Green and Speckled Frogs." 
At my center the children practiced jumping like a frog.  I set up a set of lily pads that were numbered based on classroom assessment information.  The children stood behind the start line and jumped as far as they could.  They then recorded the number that they landed on.  When they were finished jumping they analyzed their data to see which number they landed on the most amount of times. 

 During playtime today the children were introduced to ramps and pathways.  My husband took cove molding and cut it into different lengths.  The children can use the lengths to build ramps.  They can roll bouncy balls down the ramps as a way to experiment with speed, angles, and pitch.