Joy School: Unit 7: Dramatizations

This lesson seemed a bit scattered to me but I think that was because I'm a little more tired with the pregnancy.

We started with painting with Clorox and Q-tips on colored paper.

They enjoyed this effect and painted for a long time.

Then we sang "Doodle Caboodle" and "Spontaneous Delight".

Next, we did "Five Little Monkeys" and acted out "Five Little Ducks". They did very well with pretending to be ducks and going away and coming back when the song said to.

The ended this lesson with first reading "Caps for Sale" by E. Slobodkina and then acting it out.

Chloe was the peddler. Luc and Hailey were the monkeys. I got the cowboy hats from the dollar store.

The kids did great and really got into it. Hailey loves the cowboy hats and plays with them all the time now.

I remember doing this with the Joy School I was apart of when I was little. I have a picture of me being the peddler. Too bad it's in a box in the back of the storage unit or I would've uploaded that cute picture of me too. I remember this activity specifically because of that picture which is why I try to keep this blog as updated as possible, so Hailey can remember.

Joy School: Unit 7: Silly Playing

We started Unit 7 which also has two parts. The first is the Joy of Spontaneous Delight and the second part is the Joy of Trust and Confidence.

Joy of Spontaneous Delight only had two lessons and it's all about having fun and being silly.

First we started the lesson by playing with balloons. Then singing "If You're Happy and You Know It".
Then we got to do silly things like shaking hands with a door handle, jumping out of a box, and acting like a turtle which Hailey is demonstrating.

Following that, they could blow bubbles using a straw. Luc went a little over board with it.

Hailey couldn't blow and kept sucking it up, so I blew the bubbles and she popped them.

Then we did a silly story with flannel board pictures. I had a random selection of pictures that they could use to fill up the story. Hailey didn't get it but it cracked Luc up. (Luc didn't have school, so I had him all day.)

After that, they painted with shaving cream that I added a little bit of paint to the shaving cream piles.

We finished the lesson by reading "The Monster at the End of This Book" which is a Sesame Street book that I got from Walmart for $3. Hailey was very nervous about the monster at the end and didn't want the pages turned. When we got to the end, Hailey just didn't understand that the Grover is the monster at the end of the book since she's not scared of Grover. She keeps telling me that this book belongs to the library since she doesn't want us to keep it.