The world around you is the best way to learn. There is so much teaching that can go on and the children love the outside and looking at all the things that are outside.
We explored the evergreen tree and discussed how it is a Christmas tree. It is also green.
We use our eyes to explore a evergreen branch and how it looks. We used our nose to see if it had a smell. We used our hands to feel and explore the stem and the pine needles.
Since we were on the topic of evergreens, The kids enjoyed looking at the trees outside and noticing that there was a evergreen tree in the woods. We also saw a squirrel, a bluejay, and many more things we saw with our eyes.
Funshine express has on every page of the curriculum guide objectives.
Objectives are tools that help select and plan for each child's needs.
As a preschool teacher this is important knowledge to know so that I can focus on the needs that need to be met.
The Objectives are:
language Development
Social/emotional Development
Physical Development
Approach to learning
Congnitive Development
On Each page under each activity, there are letters and numbers and the objective(s) that this activity helps meet.
I find this very helpful when I have a mixed age group with all kinds of different development.
If parents were to ask me where their child's development is, I can lead them to the objectives and outline which ones are getting met or which ones need work, so they can continue help at home if needed.
This is such a great tool to have at my fingertips I copy the page and keep it in the guide for a quick reference.
There is also a calender that organizes the objective with the activity! How easy and quick and wonderful is that?
We made a forest of evergreens. We used our nose to smell the stickers that smell like peppermints. Yummy!
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