I printed out pictures of the kids, cut them out and placed them on a paper and had it set up like a BINGO card. This was a talkative game, as I was calling the person name they kept talking about when are you going to call my name or look at this person, look how they smile...LOL . kids are so funny. So this was a fun game. I played it with my Pre-K students.
We played a game called "Who has the penny?" this was my first time playing this game. It was apart of the curriculum. So how to play...
Materials needed
-penny
-paperclip
-key
- you can also add extra items if you want
the kids can sit in a circle on the floor, they must close their eyes and open their hands. You can go around and drop the items in their hands and once they get something in their hand they need to close their hands. After all the items are given out ask them to look in their hands after every one has looked in their hand then they can sing ( with their eyes closed)...
Who has the penny ( and who every has it, they sing. I have the penny). Who has the key ( and who every has it , they sing. I have the key). Who has the paperclip ( and who every has it sing. I have the paperclip). Then everyone open up there eyes. Ask them who has the penny and they will say the child's name and see if they are right... and so on and so forth for the other items.
Today we did a number of activies. One of them were; we talked about the human heart today for science. Now most of the time when we talk about things in class we may set up a table during centers for them to draw, paint, write or create what we discussed. Sometimes we just set out materials and sit back and see what they do. So today I set out red yarn, white card stock paper, scissors and glue. I didn't tell them to do anything particular with it, it was just there and they were free to create what every they wanted. One of the boys in the class sat down and created a heart. He got up from the table and it was just sitting there. When I walked over, I asked whose paper and everyone said -----. So I asked him what was the picture about and he said it's the heart that's in our body. It almost brought a tear to my eye. It was just amazing!
Working with a Pre-K class can be a bit of a challenge, when it comes to them sitting for circle time or even walking in a line to lunch. Sometimes stickers can go so far but all most 99.9% of kids love skittles. So I decided to buy a bag. When we are doing circle time and I see someone not sitting the correct way, I won't say anything to them I will just go to the next person and say thank you John for sitting on your cris cross with your hands in your lap. Frank, the child that wasn't sitting the correct way will instantly sit the correct way cause he wants one . I call the Skittles " Positive Reinforcement" because I want to reinforce a negative behavior in a positvie way. It helps out a lot cause it cuts down on the chattering during circle time and in the hallway while walking to lunch. NOW, I don't give these out everyday, niether do I give them out all day . It's just a certain time. I don't want them to get use to it and I don't won't them to think just because they are sitting quiet that they are suppose to get something . So I let them know, this is how we sit in circle time or this is how we walk in line at all times.
I am sooo sleepy this morning. It's the second week of school, I need to get back in to my routine. I feel so lazy. I'm so tired when I come home, I take a nap. Then when I take a nap I can't go back to sleep til 12- 2am in the morning. I'm still in school as well so I have to factor that in with all that I do, I help my kids with their homework try and cook dinner or throw something together and try to factor in a work out cause I'm getting fat. I'm really not a coffee drinker but I do drink it if I need the extra boost and everyday I have been drinking it. Well hopefully I will be back in a routine by the start of September. I'm giving myself another week to get back in the grove of things! Have a Wonderful Wednesday!
