I had a hard time even standing up on this so a certain fifth grader decided to show me how it's done.
Seeing all of our students play on Wednesday was the highlight of my year! Thank you for embracing this initiative. It was so great to see you playing right alongside of them and how some of you shared special things that your own child had played with when they were young. Some of you requested boxes that became cars or forts. Ms. Hampton may have the prize for the largest fort! I saw all of the four C's and play ranging from dramatic play to building, puzzles, and board games! We would love to be able to incorporate more play in our year. As I walked around I heard lots of great ideas about how we could keep it going.
Please comment below with funny stories, or quotes from Play Day or suggestions or reflections you had as a result. Thank you again for being such a special group of teachers and staff!
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Hampton's epic fort!
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Thank you Angie and Teri for all you do everyday!
Reminders:
Monday February 11th
SIP Team- Meeting 8:00 am Media Center
Please see Karla's email
Tuesday February 12th
IEP Meeting Day
Friday February 15th
Early Release Day - (More info to come)
It was so much fun! And no matter what the kids say, I did NOT teach them to play poker :):)
ReplyDeleteWhat happens in Perez's room stays in Perez's room. (-:
DeleteGreat day of play and collaboration! The kids had fun, as well as the adults! A huge success!
ReplyDeletePlay Day was wonderful, just what the children needed. All of us in Kindergarten have been advocating for years to keep play in the classroom, and as so many teachers know, young children learn best when they are able to express themselves through play and child-centered activities. We were talking about maybe being able to implement this once a quarter, or maybe once in the Fall, and again in the Spring. We observed children playing with and interacting with each other in a different way, children working together to complete a project, children who were able to be creative enough and work on a project long enough to see it through to completion, and children who were enjoying their learning. All types of objectives can be met through play, and teachers who are scaffolding the learning that is happening through the play can elevate it to even greater levels. I am so happy that we implemented this at our school, and I hope that all of our teachers saw the benefit and the magic of play.
ReplyDeletePlay Day will always be a day that the kids will remember forever!
ReplyDeleteMy kiddos LOVED global play day. Even one girl who I thought might get overstimulated by all of the noise, gave me a hug at the end of the day. She wanted to let me know that she had the best day ever! At one point, the whole class was doing karaoke. It is a fond memory that I will always remember as a teacher, and I hope they remember it forever as well! My vote for doing global play day next year= YES!
ReplyDeletePlay day was awesome in the media center. Kids asked to check out books and we never got to it!
ReplyDeleteGlobal Play Day was wonderful! There were many smiling faces throughout the school. What a great way to see how creative our students can be! I would love to see this happen once a quarter.
ReplyDeletePlay was exciting. Because children were in charge of what they were doing. We all know kids need that freedom occasionally. It was wonderful for the kids to teach me a new game (pop the pig) and to see kids who don't usually play together become friends by bonding over a common interest. Those same kids are now best friends playing together daily. At one point Steve came into my classroom and asked what a table of about 9 of my Kindergartners were doing (I think it's because they were sitting so quietly at a table). WRITING BOOKS! Our kids can now sound out words and think writing books is so fascinating. Some of the kids may 3 books that day! I even had a few kids say "WOW she's taking us to recess and lunch sooo early today!" Nope it was right on time!! I hope this can be done more often because it is really is WIN (What I Need) for each child...maybe snack time WDT (wind down time)!
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