Toys Lesson 6

Dear parents, hope that you had a good week. I can't believe it's almost August! Didn't we just celebrate Christmas not that long ago? :-) Teaching Kindermusik has been one of the best thing that has happened to me. Apart from the enjoyement I derived out of being with the kids, I have had the privilege of watching them grow; physically, socially and musically. Some of my Our Time kids are now doing Young Child and as I reflect back on the time they first started Kindermusik, I am just amazed at how much they have grown. I know I only blog about My Imagine That classes, and it's because of time constraints, but I just want to say how proud I am of the kids and with the current classes of IT kids, I can see the potential in them as they continue with the program.

Ahoy there matey....we are moving into the boat and sea part of the curricula this week. We are going to be experiencing adventures out in the sea for these next few weeks. But of course before we venture out of the habour, we need a sturdy boat and we are going to build one this week in Build me a Boat. We are going to disover the many tools we need in building a boat; hammer, saw, screwdriver, sanding block and a paintbrush. And we can have all these tools in the rhythm stick (!) as we move to a steady beat while exploring the different ways we can use our tools.

Now that we have build our boat, it's time to go sail away in the sea on our Big Blue Boat. How does it feel to sail on a boat? How do we move when the sea is calm? What if there is a storm and we have choppy waves? What is the rudder for?What is the sail for? What is an anchor? How do the sail ( scarves) look like when the sea is calm, and how does it look like when the strong wind blows?

Out here on the Sea - what can we see while we are out on the sea? We are encouraging singing ability and speech here as the kids looking and looking out here on the sea and giving me suggestions on what they can see and how it moves. They are using a multitude of skills here....imagination and creativity, singing and language development, confidence to give ideas and learning to accept each other's ideas and working together as a group.

We are going to be A sailor went to sea, sea, sea and learn the rhythmic chant. Again, as in many songs in this curricula, this activity promotes learning and listening of different rhythm patterns. Its going to be fun as we get into our hoops ( oops...i mean boats) and sway and move like the sailor who went out to sea, sea, sea!

Righty ho....I'll see you and your kids in class this week....bye!