Ms. Joanie brought drums for us to bang on as we sang
and rhythm sticks
and we ended our song with a roar!
Ms. Joanie brought drums for us to bang on as we sang
and rhythm sticks
and we ended our song with a roar!
Motor skills are movements and actions of the muscles. They are categorized in two groups: gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills generally refer to movements involving larger muscles, like those in the arms, legs, feet or the entire body (used for walking, jumping and so on). Fine motor skills generally refer to movements involving smaller muscles, like those in hands, wrists and fingers (such as those used for holding a crayon or toy). *
Play dough Improves Fine Motor Skills
Squishing, squeezing, stretching and molding play dough helps to build muscle strength in the fingers and hands. This in turn makes it easier to complete fine motor activities like holding a pencil and cutting with scissors later on.
Dancing improves Gross Motor Skills
Jumping, stretching, dancing and ribbon twirling helps build muscle strength throughout the entire body. We also tapped wooden sticks to the tempo of Miss Joanie’s guitar, working on rhythm as we danced to “We are the Dinosaurs,” a classroom favorite!
* information taken from www.leapfrog.com
Today Miss Joanie joined us for music. She brought a drum and everyone got a chance to play it.
We continued our study of the color yellow with our yellow discovery tub.
Today Ms. Joanie joined us to lead music time. We sang songs like “The Wheels on the Bus,” “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” “We are the Dinosaurs” and “Going to the Zoo!” We had so much fun dancing especially when we added egg shakers and scarves.
Snack time was another big hit for the day!
Today we had a guest appearance from Ms. Joanie! She let us play with her instruments and play the “hug game” (when the music stops you have to find someone to give a hug). We enjoyed dancing and singing with Ms. Joanie.
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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