Teaching Preschool can be exhausting and exhilarating, frustrating and rewarding; sometimes all in the same day.
Teaching is somewhat of a performance. I have to be excited about the topic in order for the kids to get excited about it. I am always trying to come up with new ways of introducing letters and numbers, although they (the letters and numbers) never change, I have to.
So to bring in a little more fun today I created a little dance to go over our letters. Usually, we say the letter, give the sign (language), repeat the sound 3 times and give a word. In the beginning it was fun and new. Now even I have to admit it's quite boring.
Today we got up and moved with the sounds and letters. Making the letter shapes with our bodies and sounds with little dances. Joy and smiles on the faces of little people, even those who do not participate on a regular basis.
I just hope it's sinking in and maybe when they go to Kindergarten next year and are asked the sounds of the letters they will do a little wiggle to help them remember.
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