Getting to know you!

Today the Kahol children spent time playing in the Yarok classroom! We had a ball! Alex and Bailey played in the water table. It was a bit of a reach to grab hold of the toys and water,so I spotted the children as the stood on a big wooden block.

Bailey spent a lot of time in the Dramatic Play Center exploring the materials,taking care of the babies, and sorting fruit. Baiely also liked pounding the purple play dough with a wooden hammer.

Alex joined Bailey, Ellen and Avi for a late morning snack in the Dramatic Play Center. They served fruit, fed the babies and talked on the phone! They also checked out the guy across the street mowing the lawn outside the classroom window! What a treat!

Alex was very interested in what was going on in the Art Center...Out on the table were big coffee filters, cups with a variety of water colors and eye droppers. My first thought was that the eyedroppers would be challenging for Alex so I gave him a paint brush. He dipped the brush in the water colors and then placed the brush on the filter. Alex repeatedly dipped the brush in the pink water colors and then moved the brush onto the filter. Then Alex put down the brush and picked up the eyedropper. I asked him if I could show him how to use it? He nodded up and down. At first I sang a short version of "Thumpkin". Highlighting that Pointer and Thumpkin squeeze the black part of the eyedropper. I demonstrated how Pointer and Thumpkin need to come together so the colored water goes up into the tube. Both Alex and I were surprised it worked he did it! He was so pleased with himself!