Since we've been visiting farms and reading about farms we decided to get out our play farm. Michael is also learning about nouns and verbs so on the farm we placed labels for Michael to create sentences.
He was excited to get right to work and we set out all the animals and labels and fences on the mat.
I let him create and stayed back so he could decide what and how he wanted to set it up.
He brought out the cat and placed it by the pond. He
selected the noun: ca, t and the verb: drinks. Then
he created his sentence by the cat.
Here's the close up.
He set up a cowboy and wrote the sentence:
He built some fences for cows and then put all the nouns together
and the verbs together on the mat.
Then together we played for awhile
with the farmers and animals
until he was ready to write
another sentence.
I let him direct the flow of the game,
I want it to be fun and interesting.
I want him to enjoy what he is doing
and to create what he wants.
He wanted to write "The cat and the sheep both drink."
So I got out more paper and we spelled out the words,
both and drink,
so he could create the sentence. I liked that he
wanted to have another word and asked for it, he was
really thinking and creating.
I like his enthusiasm in learning about the way of things
in the world. I like to give him moments to practice
and explore and to think things through about places
he has visited or has been learning about.
He just got back from a visit to Grandma where they went to
Mazza's and bought a pumpkin. He is excited to paint it
with me. He delights in the simple discoveries in a day.
On Friday we may go out to Pleasant Valley and
I thought we could find sunflowers to buy. We could buy one
and then with tweezers we could work on fine motor skills
by tweezing out the seeds. We could also examine
all the parts.
There are so many places to visit in Vermont, especially in Fall
when the colors are starting to become so dramatic. It is a
beautiful adventure, go out and share it.
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