Toys Lesson 14

Hi folks, another week has passed. Hope you all had a meaningful week. It's easy to get caught in the daily grind of life that we forget that life is indeed precious and should be lived to the fullest. As I am writing this, my thoughts go out to the innocent girl Nurin who lost her life in such as tragic way. My condolences to the parents. Our society has become a dangerous place for our children. Gone are those days where we can freely roam the neighbourhood without fear of dangers lurking around the corner.......

It has been an enjoyable experience teaching and being with your children these past few months. Personally, I have been taught by them as well. The kids see the world in a different and fresh perspective....and many a times I have been caught off guard by their insights and it has definitely made my life richer. Towards the end of the semester ( we have three more to go till Lesson 16), I hope that the kids will continue their journey of music, the theme of next semester is Cities! ( where we will be learning about different types of jobs, transportation, cities around the world)

Anyway back to Lesson 14. This week we will be moving on to the stuffed toys section where we will be reading, dancing, listening and moving to different songs about our stuffed animal toys.

Tippity Tippity Too, an activity that highlights the benefit of word repetition and rhyming which includes strengthening of memory, reduction of stress and creating an enjoyable form of sound making. I am sure you have gone through the book with your kid by now. It will be good to see the kids rise up to the challenge of rhyming to the different animals I will be bringing - ones that are different from the book.

Animal Dance, an activity that encourage the kids to listen, and to recognize the different sections of the song. The music form of the song is ABCABCCoda, which means there are three distinct types of musical sections on this recording. The children will first listen, and then we will move our bodies accordingly to the different sections of the song.

The Bear Went Over the Mountain, a fun song that promotes pretend play and tapping to a steady beat. We will be using our drums as the bear scratch, and the horse stomp, and the mouse creep as we have our animal parade over the mountain!

Teddy Bear, a song that encourages pretend play and creative body movement which in turn promotes motor development.

Lastly, during parent sharing time, we will be doing Animal Dance again but this time with percussion instruments.

I see you all in class this week. Take care....