Fall and Number 7

This week I taught preschool. We had a great class on Tuesday learning about the number 7 and also learning about fall. Unfortunately, four of the seven kids got sick and so we cancelled class for Thursday but we rescheduled it for this coming Monday, so I am still in the midst of teaching.

Here is Ellie's fall leaves picture. I just cut up some sponges into leaf shapes and gave the kids some washable paints to dip them in.... always washable...always.

Here is Ellie's Indian (or Native American to be P.C.). She has 7 feathers since our number was 7. The kids are pretty good with numbers up to 10 so I think this part is a bit of a breeze for them until we start on the above 10 numbers.

A couple of people have asked what we do on each class day, so below I have listed out my lesson plan from this past Tuesday...

Tuesday Lesson Plan- Number 7 & Fall & Letter G & Orange

9:30-9:40- Free Play, Kids Arrive

9:40-10:00-

Welcome Song: “Hello Song” pg. 260,
Opening Prayer,
Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2007,
Weather,
Pledge,
Activity: Stretching, Getting Wiggles Out (FREEZE DANCE)

10:00-10:20- SNACK TIME-

POTTY BREAK

10:20-10:50- Talk about Fall. Talk about the change in seasons and what happens during fall and what holidays are during fall.

CRAFT- sponge paint leaves

CLEAN UP

10:50-11:00-Make Candy

11:00-11:15- Music Time—play instruments and sing favorite songs.

11:15-11:45- Native American with 7 feathers

CLEAN UP

POTTY BREAK

11:45-12:10-LUNCH

12:10-12:30- Free Play until parents arrive

I really enjoy teaching the class periodically and find myself thinking of ideas weeks ahead of time. The time goes pretty quickly and the kids really love all the crafts (mostly what we do at this age) and other activities. This week I bought some really cheap rhythm sticks, triangles and shakers for the kids and that was a big hit! They loved learning about beat and rhythm.

I will say to all those young moms that are reading this that this is seriously one of the best things I have done for myself and Elise. We gathered six moms and their kids and we swap weeks of teaching. It has been great for Ellie to have time on her own and to learn new and exciting things. It has also been great for me to have a little time away from Ellie, get some much-needed errands done on my weeks off and also to spend some real quality time with Owen. Plus, it is cheap since we only need to pay for supplies needed for our weeks of teaching.