We talk a lot in our classroom about trust, respect, being careful, and helping others. and since we were talking all about letter E last week, we thought it would be great to spend some time focusing on our eyes, how they work, and what it's like to not be able to see. What would it feel like to take away our vision? I explained to the children what a "trust walk" was and how it can be difficult to trust others especially to trust them when we cannot see. The children chose a partner that they trusted to lead them.
Y leading his friend P. He made sure to tell him to stop right as he go to the rug.
G leading her friend K. G was great about talking to K. "We are almost there, keep going."
C leading his friend D. D was so trusting that he was almost walking faster than C.
I came to find out the children are very, very trusting of their peers and they had no trouble at all leading their friends and not being able to see. I was very caught off guard by this. I thought for sure they would walk very slow or even possibly not want to walk because they couldn't see where they were going. But they proved me wrong! That's a very different result than this activity usually has when adults or church youth group students are leading each other. Young children are so amazing!
B looking into the mirror to see what color and shape his eyes are. The children were drawing their eyes to add to their ongoing human body projects.
G and G looking at their eyes and trying to draw all of the different parts - iris, pupil, eyelashes, eyebrow, eyelid. We also talked about the function of each part.
G using eye droppers to clean the red off of the eye balls.
A, S, and K tracing an eye on our light table. They used so many bright colors to show each part of the eye.
E is for eyes.
Some of our girls also painted our heart that Teacher Thaovy made. It shows how the blood pumps into and out of our heart. If you get a chance, come check it out! Pumping the black pump makes the blood flow and the heart muscle "beat." It's fascinating!
Y, B, G, and K working on our human body puzzles. These can be a big challenge for the children but they are so proud when they get it. The children are always asking, "What is this called?" Even though our human body project has been going on for months, they're still deeply engaged.
K and Y working together.
Happy Birthday to our friend P. I cannot believe you are 5 already! P's mom came to read a very cute book called "Too Many Mangos," a story about sharing.
Time to sing to our friend P!
P was very excited to wear her crown and eat her cupcake! Happy Birthday kiddo!
Hugs,
Teacher Kristina
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