This first month of preschool has been filled with good ideas. And it’s because I have let go of my preconceived ideas of how objects should be used. My favorite example actually happened last week. Every once in a while, for a quick sensory table, I put in my collection of lids. I’ll add spoons, spatulas, and buckets with the thought they kids could make “soup”.
This sometimes happens, but also the kids line the lids up around the table, which is good too. But this year, a little boy asked for a magnet. So I rounded up all my magnet wands and let them go for it. It was amazing and something I would have never thought of. They discovered which lids were magnetic and that even a spoon and the other magnets were! Talk about a great STEM activity initiated and owned by the kids!
Here are some other highlights from the month:
Sensory table: another great idea: boomerangs because they go boom when you flick them!
Literacy: along with starting our journals that we will be writing in often
Art: blue, red and yellow collage, torn paper apples, fall trees and fall leaves (another good idea, I had paint out for the leaves, but some one wanted the tissue paper that we used on our fall trees)
Miss Lori's Preschool 