Pre-KG 2021/ 22 Blog 19 Flexibility is the magic word

Pre-KG 2021/ 22 Blog 19   

Flexibility is the magic word

The Pre-Kindergarten children started their second week back at school after the winter holidays with a lot of enthusiasm for their new subjects of "Animals and Food". 

Most children love animals and the Pre-Kindergarten children are no exception. They were keen to tell us their favourites, which were a giraffe, a horse, a tiger, an elephant and a panda as well as a lion and a dolphin from the teachers.

We looked at our “At the zoo” song again and the children  wanted to make some animals, so we got the play dough out (individual bags !) and started with snakes which involve different hand movements like kneading and rolling.

Snowmen were popular, too and then the children discovered that 2 bigger snowmen balls, 2 smaller snowman balls (flattened) and a snake as a trunk could make an elephant.

Much laughter was heard when creating very big heads or very long trunks, but with a bit of help everyone was happy with their elephants and they truly looked adorable.

At the end of the day then we took down all the art work from the previous unit, talked again about the wonderful pieces the children had made and put them in folders.

We also looked at one of the children’s favourite books “Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see “ and found a really funky song version to clap along to.

Brown Bear, Brown bear , what do you see ?

Well, the next day we got the news that unfortunately one of the EY children had gotten sick, so we closed shop and moved to online lessons !

Flexibility is our middle name !

Teacher Anita had quickly made stick puppets of the book to take home, so the children enjoyed singing along and naming all the animals.

Other activities included online morning circle time, a book reading, a colour hunt at home and singing a variety of songs. And of course, everyone got to show their favourite stuffed animals !

A big thank you to the Pre-Kindergarten parents for being so flexible and adjusting their schedules and a big round of applause to the very young Pre-Kindergarten children who did a fabulous job in their first online lessons ever !

Thanks a lot also to my coworker David for his IT support !

In spite of all the fun on screen, I am really looking forward to seeing everyone back in person in our classroom !

Take good care and stay healthy !

Yours, 

Anita Ursula Mönch

DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher