The Turtles know how to do so many things, and they are figuring out how to teach each other to do the things that they know how to do. The other day, one child showed his friends how to climb the logs, breaking the process down into steps. This got Fran and Tamara thinking about how the Turtles could share what they know with each other, and they decided to introduce the idea of How To Books. At Morning Meeting today, we started with a basic one, and had the Turtles dictate the steps to "How To Wash Our Hands." Not only does book making build pre-literacy skills, but this kind of sequential thinking is an important critical thinking skill, and the Turtles feel proud when they can teach their friends how to do things! In fact, just a few minutes later on the swings, one child was trying to help another child understand the process of pumping, explaining the different ways she had to move her body.
We also began our Guessing Game that the families made for the children! They had so much fun trying to figure out who's was who's!
We had Music with Jenny, and the Turtles were so excited to meet her new puppets, including Hermina the Turtle!
On our visit to the logs today, we practiced walking across the long section like a balance beam,
and found a spider web, wet with rain drops.
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