I think one of my main objectives as a preschool teacher is to set the stage for learning. Children need the opportunity to see learning as fun and when exposed to material often enough, it will become part of their knowledge base. I don't expect very child I work with to be able to read by the time next August rolls around (it would be nice, but that's not realistic). But, with enough repetition through various means, I hope that all of the kids will have a good knowledge base with which to build when they go to kindergarten.
With that being said, we are already working on making letter/sound connections. "A says /a/," as the song goes and the kids are taking words and listening for that sound. Today we made a list of "a" words. The kids also worked on an "a" song/poem and found the a's in it.
Every day is getting more exciting. Kids who were never interested in sitting down to write or color are asking when circle time is and are cleaning up quickly to be ready. They run to the table for work there. They are growing up so much! (sniff, sniff)
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| Mr. Yellow shirt even brought his Lightning McQueen laptop from home to share with his friends. |
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