On this lovely day, we took our weekly trip to the Arts Park. The Catbirds joined us in some lovely outdoor time. The sun was shining...there was laughter everywhere...it was exactly the way a day like this should be spent. We were having so much playing behind the Art Center that we forgot to go through the Art Trail! That's okay though. There were too many fun games happening in the open space anyway.
We also got two new materials today: A seesaw sorter and beeswax. We got the seesaw sorter for our classroom because the Owls have become interested in our bucket balance, testing weight distribution and different materials to balance with. The seesaw sorter is another way to encourage this emerging interest in balancing. Both sides of the seesaw have an array of shapes that can be removed. When one shape is taken off, the weight shifts.
Beeswax is a new manipulative to push the fine motor skills of our friends. The beeswax is initially hard like plastic, but the more heat is created by finger friction, the easier it is to mold the wax. This material exercises the pincher muscles specifically, which directly correlate to writing muscles in the hand.
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