Welcome to the new PARENT PAGE!!
What you'll find-
1. New information and research to help you understand what you kiddo is doing!
2. What your special kiddo "CAN DO!!"
3. Fun ideas to help you help your kiddo to learn and explore through movement and play!
Have fun with this page! If you have any questions or concerns, you know how to reach me!! :) Remember, we do all of these activities at school, so feel free to come in to observe and also ask your kiddo to "teach" you! They all love to be the teachers!
REMEMBER: YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAY!! YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN! SO, WHY CAN'T WE DO BOTH??
SEPTEMBER, 2021
TOPIC: Why is play and moving so important??
GREAT BOOKS TO READ:
1. A MOVING CHILD IS A LEARNING CHILD (Gill Connell & Cheryl McCarthy, 2014)
2. S&S Great Games for Young Children Book (Rae Pica, 2006)
3. Jump into Literacy (Rae Pica, 2007)
4. Wiggle, Giggle, & Shake: Over 200 Ways to Move and Learn (Rae Pica, 2001)
Welcome to September and a new school year! I am so excited to see everyone! Please remember to come back to this website to not only hear more about what The Busy Bears are doing in school all day, but also SEE what's up!
Every child is different and of course is at a different stage of development! Forget all of the "age= what they should be doing"!! They are exactly where they are suppose to be!
So why will you see so much movement and play in The Busy Bear's classroom? Let's take a deeper look at how important they are in your kiddo's development! Remember- these are just a few examples, the list goes on and on! All of these activities help your kiddos to be ready for reading, writing, Math, and science! It's the start of learning and developing the skills needed in order to be able to move onto bigger and better things!! At home, jump in and do these things and see how much fun you can have, too!! These are only a few ideas, share to add onto this list!!
Play/movement Why????
1. Spinning Some kiddos need it to help with spatial awareness, or "Where am I??"
2. Dancing Why not, right?! Let's talk about balance, coordination, body awareness!
3. Painting with feet Sensory awareness, imagination, balancing, body awareness
4. Rolling balls around Eye-hand coordination, socialization, arm/hand/finger strength (Yes- work those muscles!)
5. Hopping/skipping/jumping Physical fitness, coordinaiton, brain/muscles talking/working together! And it's fun!!!
6. Building blocks Imagination, Math (how many to make a tower?), coordination, problem solving
7. Shaving Cream Play Sensory awareness- including: smell, tactile, visual, creativity!!
8. Obstacle Courses Physical fitness, visual coordination, eye-hand-body coordination, body awareness, spatial understanding (over, under, on top of)
9. Swinging Visual stimulation, Brain/body talking- how to pump with feet