Our amazing bodies

 

Ready, set, jump! 

Students worked together to construct a series of connecting balance beams using wood planks and tires and enjoyed balance walking and jumping. They were so proud of themselves! Gross motor skills like balancing and jumping are developmental milestones for preschoolers. Their "toddling" gait has disappeared, and now they can run, hop, climb, throw, and catch with ease. 

This week in science we continued to learn about our bones and our bodies. We sang songs about our bodies and we also made a list of things our bodies can do.

"We can run."
"I can climb."
"My body had a lot of bones."
"My body is strong like my dads."
"We can hop."
"I can bend like this."

"I can stretch my arms."

  

During our nature hike we climbed on top of a house!

We traced our bodies.

We use our bodies to help our friends.

We used our bodies to climb up a ladder. What parts of our bodies are we using when we climb?

"We have to use our legs and hands."

"We use our head."

"We have to make sure we are not falling."

"We will be careful."

 

Our bones hold us up! If we didn't have them we couldn't stand, sit or walk. They provide structure for us and also protect our delicate inner organs.

        

 During snack we've been reading There Was a Bold Lady Who Wanted a Star. Check your child's pocket she/he might have a star hiding in there.

Thank you Jack for bringing our class wooden airplanes! We had a blast putting them together and painting them.

Escuelita Songs

Here is a list of songs that we sing at school.

We will add songs throughout the school year.

Dia De Los Muertos

Dia de los Muertos honors the dead with festivals and lively celebrations, a typically Latin American custom that combines indigenous Aztec ritual, brought to the region by Spanish conquistadors. (Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on All Souls Day.

Assured that the dead would be insulted by mourning or sadness, Dia de los Muertos celebrates the lives of the deceased with food, drink, parties, and activities the dead enjoyed in life. Dia de los Muertos recognizes death as a natural part of the human experience, a continuum with birth, childhood, and growing up to become a contributing member of the community. On Dia de los Muertos, the dead are also a part of the community, awakened from their eternal sleep to share celebrations with their loved ones. -National Geographic

This week in Escuelita, we celebrated Dia de los Muertos. We asked our families to send in pictures of missed loved ones and created an altar to remember them by.

We decorated calavares, sugar skulls.

The Aztec woman visited our classroom and taught us about bones and feathers. She sang songs with us.

We painted our faces.

We touched our arms, our legs, our heads, and felt the strong bones inside. Bones give our bodies shape! Animals have bones. We examined the bones of a fish.

We talked about those we love, the people we are grateful for, those we miss. We created grateful garlands by writing these names on cloth, and painting vivid colors all around them. We hung them in our classroom to remember.

And a very special thank you to Esperanza for sharing with our class about Dio de los Muertos!