Our Hands and Clay

Every morning during class time the Centipedes have a few choices set out at the two tables in the kitchen area. In the preschool room, the desks and floor are open for choice use of puzzles, games, and small manipulatives (like magnets or rubber band peg boards). The writing center is also available for drawing with colored pencils, crayons, and chalk, stamping, and stenciling. Today the sensory table was also out, filled with our snow science project from yesterday. 

 

The clay was a highly desired activity today and some preschoolers had to wait patiently for a turn at one of the four chairs at the clay table. Lena set to work creating a ring of  "candy".

Anna Lee contently rolled "snow balls" of all sizes and colors. Squeezing and rolling the clay builds the preschooler's finger muscles, which will aid in writing later.

Aliza and Jena rolled long "snakes" and used them to make letters. Q for her sister, Quinn, A for Ava, and D for her dad.

Ava made three Vs for her mom, Vanessa.

Many of the preschoolers sat and created for twenty minutes or more using only their hands, clay, and their imaginations.