Today was an unusual day for me. The elementary schools were not in session, so our center was full of ‘big kids’, as we call them. Since our schedules switch around on days like this and I have a student teacher who gets to be in charge of my class full-time, I got to hang out with the 3-year-olds this morning. I was a little worried about how we’d spend the day since I didn’t know their schedule, but for 96% of the time it was smooth sailing. I set up some things to do at tables, the girls played dress-up all morning, and of course, we had painting.
Now, I’m a bit of a control freak, and in my own classroom I ask the children to paint with just one brush at a time. This little guy was using two brushes, and as my reminder came out automatically, I stopped and realized – using two brushes is the only way anyone should paint. Ever.
Here’s one of the tables. I rolled out a big sheet of paper and put the sea creatures on it. They played with it for a while and then I said they could color it like the ocean if they wanted. I was thinking they’d make lots of wavy lines, but they came up with ‘homes’ for all the animals. Those nutty nuts.
It was a very nice Friday. How was yours?