Last week we...

I guess I'm always running a bit behind- can anyone else relate?
Last week we talked about our first, middle, and last names. We wrote them on place cards that we use for circle time as well as over the tracings of our bodies on the cement outside.
We talked about our hands. We counted our fingers and named them all. We sang Where is Thumbkin with the names of each finger. We talked about the things we liked to do with our hands. We traced our hands and decorated them with "jewels".
We talked about sign language and I showed the children the sign language alphabet. We have been practicing the letter A and F in sign along with singing the sound. We learned this is another important way people use their hands.
We used our hands to squeeze soap suds out of sponges. We could feel, smell, and see in this activity. Multi sensory activities are best for children.
We have been using our new outdoor hockey sticks and ball scoops as many of our friends are transitioning from parallel play to cooperative play. They try so hard to pass the ball back and forth- it makes me laugh.
We explored our sense of touch by looking at items in a spa set that I won in a raffle and never used. We felt the rolling massager, bumpy hand massager, rough pumice stone, smooth ribbon that was wrapped around it, bristles on the brush, and ridges on the luffa sponge. We liked to use these things gently on our friends backs and hands.
We did some roller painting with brown paint outside.
We played with cooked noodles in the sensory bin.