I loved the activity and excitement the children had during this week’s class. I loved their ideas during Walk and Stop! (Yes, even slithering like a snake.) It’s fun to enter their world for a bit.
We had fun this week twisting, turning, rolling, swishing, and ‘crying’ during The Wheels on the Bus. Here’s what Anne Lief Barlin and Nurit Kalev, authors of Hello Toes, had to say about the Away We Go! Curriculum. With its focus on transportation, Away We Go! Includes many opportunities for going around and around like a wheel turning. In addition to being enjoyable, all the turning and twirling in Away We Go! Is helping children develop:
- Balance
- Coordination
- Directional awareness (especially if you emphasize turning one way, stopping, then turning the other way)
- Spatial awareness
I will be posting a video of a boy on a horse. I thought the children would enjoy seeing it after all the “giddy-upping” we’ve been doing in class.
See you next week.