On Wednesday, September 29, we had 'Show and Tell'. The students brought in their treasures and we put them into a special Show and Tell box until it was time to share.
What a great variety of things the children brought! One student brought an alligator head and a starfish from Florida. Another brought a puppet of Pirate Bert! Pirate Bert had a hook for one hand and a periscope in the other. We also had a stuffed 'Yoshi' critter visit us from Mario Brother's Nintendo fame. One of our students just visited Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and brought us a stuffed stingray. He also told us about the dolphins he saw at the aquarium. One student brought her 'Dora the Explorer' purse and showed us the wallet and change purse she carried inside of it, complete with play money! We also have a budding young scientist who brought in both a magnifying glass and a megaphone. He wanted to enlarge both visual and auditory modalities!
When the children presented their Show and Tell item, they had to tell us what it was they were showing, and why it was important to them. Some of the children struggled to express their thoughts as complete sentences, so we will be doing more oral expression exercises to improve on that skill. Other children were fluent and spoke in virtual paragraphs!
I am enjoying teaching your children. They are delightfully creative!
I am also so happy to be working with such supportive parents. What a big difference it is compared with the support I received from parents when I taught in the public school system. Parents, thank you - you are great!
Karen
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