Bodies in Motion

Good evening friends,

Despite it being rainy outside we spent much of our day in motion. During circle time we sang the following song to encourage our friends to move their bodies in different ways (I’ll use Ashley’s name but we go around the circle and sing the song to each child)

Ashley Ashley jump up and down
Turn around, touch the ground.
Ashley Ashley jump up and down
Sit back down.

This song is a fun way to build awareness of others in the class (by using each child’s name and giving them each a turn) and the children get excited about having their turn to dance around even if they’re not jumping or turning around as the song says. We followed this up by bringing out a bucket of balls which the children had a great time rolling, throwing, kicking and bouncing.

Because we weren't able to go outside in the afternoon we had a dance party in our room and later joined the toddlers in their classroom for some stories and songs. We finished out the day in the primary room where everyone sat around the big table and read books. Even though we did a lot of moving around in our classroom today we definitely missed getting our outside time!

<3 Magdalen

p.s. Please excuse the blurriness of some of these photos, the camera on my phone doesn't capture motion well.