Moving Forward

Yes, we are moving right along!  Here is a collection of photos from around the classroom this week - some days I couldn't quite get to the camera, but we did our best!

Practicing fine motor skills and coordination by placing colored stones on the circles.

Preparing apple slices to share with friends.

Exploring how combining triangles make new shapes with the Constructive Triangles.

Quantity, counting, number symbol recognition, odd/even numbers with Cards and Counters.

Polishing Leather

Tracing shapes as a pre-writing and sensorial lesson - Geometric Demonstration Tray.

Opening/Closing practice with small boxes - we added small apple 'treasures.'

Transferring with a spoon.

Metal Polishing - This activity is perfect for so many reasons - building concentration, coordination, promoting order, and the sense the the classroom is truly the children's to care for.  Please read more about this and other aspects of our prepared environment HERE.

Tactile discrimination and writing preparation with the Touch Boards.  This lesson also indirectly prepares the child for reading by helping to train eye movement for left to right visual tracking.

Comparing sizes with the Knobless Cylinders.

Listening for Sound or No Sound.

Pink Tower exploration.

Reading sentences practice.

You can't see it in the picture, but the child working here was demonstrating such concentration and determination to line these Brown Stair prisms up exactly in place.

Examining acorns under a magnifying glass.

Making a collage with pin pushing materials.

Building '-en' words with the Moveable Alphabet.

Numbers 1-9 with the Short Bead Stair Hanger.

Using clothespins - fine motor practice.

Careful writing practice with the Metal Insets.

I just love the determination here to make sure all the water has been squeezed out of the sponge1

Building vocabulary with color and shape cards.

We have already celebrated several birthdays - Adults and children alike marvel at the beauty of our Birthday Celebration Mat.

Tens layout with golden beads and Tens Boards.  It is always motivating to observe the connections children make with the materials and learning concepts.