A new month means a new self portrait.
Today, we began by creating Mat Man. Mat Man is a floor person designed by the company, Handwriting Without Tears, to help teach children about their bodies- body placement and function. In addition, Mat Man helps the children learn skills like counting, sequencing, identifying shapes, object placement, taking turns and working together as a group.
After creating Mat Man as a large group, the children went to the table. Each child found their name at the table and sat down. Next, they wrote their name at the bottom of their paper. Then, they created their self portrait.
Finally, each child told the teachers three words to describe themselves. The words were added to hearts and glued to the papers. Describing words/adjectives can be challenging for young children. If children were struggling to come up with description words, we asked them what their parents call them.
The self portraits will be on display all month in our classroom.
Indiana Learning Foundations
APL3.1: Demonstrate development of sustained attention and persistence
ELA1.2: Demonstrate expressive communication
SE1.1: Demonstrate self awareness and confidence
CA3.1: Demonstrate creative expression through the visual art process
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