季節の楽しみ色々 (by Heeyoung)

2月８日金曜日は朝早くからすごく雪が降りました。

足元の悪い中、来てくれたみんな～ありがとう！

今日のレッスンはゆまがシカゴにいるときに参加してた

Gymboreeや学校のプログラムを真似てみました。

最初はBig Circleを作ってHello　Songから

Hello Hello Hello and how are you

I'm fine I'm fine and I hope that you are too

次はみんなHappyになれる歌！

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands　(clap clap)

If you're happy and you know it *clap your hands　(clap clap)

If you're happy and you know it and then your face will surely show it　

If you're happy and you know it *clap your hands (clap clap)

** stomp your feet

*** shout "Hurray!"

じゃ、今度はFinger exerciseにもなるOpen shut them song　

Open, shut them.

(On 'Open', place both hands in front of you,

palms facing away and opening them wide

On 'shut them', clench hands into fists.)

Give a little clap.

(Clap hands.)

Open, shut them

Put them in your lap.

Creep them, creep them Right up to your chin

(Slowly creep them starting at the tummy,

slowly 'creep' fingers up toward the face, gently pull chin downward.)

*Open up your mouth but do not let them in.

(Just as it looks like you're going to

put fingers into mouth, quickly run

fingers back down body toward tummy.)

** right up to your eyes open wide your eyes and through the fingers peek- Peek a boo

Shake them shake them almost to the ground

and quickly pick them up again and turn them round and round.

☆ Ballで遊びましょう～

Now we gonna play with a ball~

Do you like playing with the ball?

I’m gonna roll the ball to you and please turn it back to me

You can throw the ball, roll the ball, bounce the ball or kick the ball !

Anyway you want~

I roll the ball to Yuma she rolled it back to me

Good job~!

☆ 節分はもう終わったけど、豆まきをしました。

可愛いMonsterでしょう？

好きな色を塗って、紙で豆を作って

go away monster~!

go away monster~!

☆ Story Time

Spot

ゆまのFavoriteです。

4月から幼稚園に行く子供が多いですね～

Spotの学校ではどんなことが起きてるんでしょう？

そしてみんな好きだった、Noisy Noses Little Kitten

鼻を押せば、Meow Meow～

猫ちゃんのままはだれかな～

どこにいるのかな～

☆　袋の中に入ってるのは何？？

もしかして　Monster！

実は小さくて可愛い絵本でした。

みんな一冊ずつママと読みましょう～

初めてのセッション担当の日だったので少し緊張もしてましたが、楽しかったです！

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☆　http://yfamilystory.tistory.com/　☆

 

Yuma's school(Super 2)のCategotyにシカゴでの授業が少し乗ってます。

アメリカの学校に興味のある方、見てみてください♪

See you soon ♩ ♪ ♬

Getting Your Sillies Out! (Session leader: Christine)

The January 25th session was a way for our toddlers to "explore" their feelings. Of course, many of our little ones (LOs) are in the throes of the "terrible twos and threes," and their main feelings probably center around "frustration" when they have tantrums! However, our LOs can also be happy, sad, mad, scared, sleepy, and yes...SILLY!

We started out the session with a welcome song, "Hello!" (sung to the tun of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star):

Let's see who is here today, Who has come to join our play?
Everyone sit close at hand,
Say your name, then you can stand,
Let's see who is here today,
Who has come to join our play?

We then looked at the emotions we were going to talk about--being happy, sad, mad, silly, scared, and sleepy--and got the kids moving with a fun song, "If You're Happy and You Know It...," with a bit of a twist:

If you're happy, happy, happy, clap your hands.
If you're happy, happy, happy, clap your hands.
If you're happy, happy, happy, clap  your  hands, clap your hands.
If you're happy, happy, happy, clap your hands.

If you're mad, mad, mad, stomp your feet...(repeat)

If you're sad, sad, sad, say, "Boo-hoo!"...(repeat)

If you're scared, scared, scared, say, "Oh no!"...(repeat)

If you're sleepy, sleepy, sleepy, take a nap...(repeat)

If you're silly, silly, silly, give mom a kiss...(repeat)

Hiding emotion cards around the room, Christine would make happy/sad/mad/silly/scared/sleepy faces at the kids who then had to find the correct card.

We then moved on to "Baby Happy, Baby Sad," a book that talks about a day in the life of one baby who is "happy" and "sad." The kids loved listening to the explanation of why the baby was happy or sad.

This session's craft was creating faces. Blank faces were passed out to the kids who selected and pasted different eyes, noses and mouths to make up silly faces. Some of the pictures were certainly creative!

Towards the end of the session, we read more two books, "I Love You Through and Through" and "The Mommy Book."

The session ended with a goodbye song sung to the tun of Farmer in the Dell):

Now our day is done.
We've had a lot of fun.
It's time to go
So don't be slow
Goodbye to everyone.
Put your things away,
It's time for us to say,
"Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,"
Until another day.

I hope that the kids learned a few new words to tell you how they're feeling!

クリスマスを楽しもう！(Session leader: Manami)

12月14日のセッションは、「Christmas」をテーマに、私Manamiが担当させていただきました。

まずは「Good Morning Song」を皆で歌いながらごあいさつ。
これは「Good By Song」の替え歌です。

「Good Morning Song」
Good Morning
Good Morning
Good Morning to you
Good Morning
Good Morning
I'm glad to see you~

元気にあいさつを終え、次は絵本の時間。

バスをとーーっても運転したい、風変わりなハトの絵本。
「Don't Let to The Pigeon Drive the Bus!」ハトの色々な交渉に、「No!」といいつづけられるかな？

もう少しメンバーの子供たちが成長してきてからも読んであげて反応を見てみたい一冊です。

 

バスの絵本ということで、つづいてはママの伸ばした足の上に子供たちに乗ってもらい、ママをバスに見立てて、ドライバーになってもらいました。

「Seven Steps 」

one two three four five six seven
one two three four five six seven
one two three one two threeone two three for five six seven

 

♪Seven Stepsの歌に合わせ、下線の部分で足をはねさせたり、子供たちをくすぐったりしました。

色んなアレンジが楽しめそうです。

 

次はみなさんよくご存じのピーターラビットの絵本。

ページをめくるごとに色と形を皆で大きな声で言ったあと、ページと同じ色の画用紙が置いてある所にそれぞれカラーボールをおくというゲームをしました。

世界には様々な色があふれていることに、きづいてくれたら嬉しいです。

ここでやっとテーマのクリスマスらしいゲーム！

目隠しをしてもらっている間に、ツリーに飾るトップスターを部屋のあるところに隠しました。

さあ、みつかるかな？？

皆一生懸命さがしてくれて、めでたくスターはあるべき場所に飾ってもらうことができました。

 

ここで、ひとり一枚ずつアドヴェントカレンダーを作成。カレンダーの仕上げに、お家でキャンディーやラムネ、チョコレートをカレンダーにデコレーション♪

 

最後に、「メイシーちゃんのクリスマス」という仕掛け絵本を読みました。

 

やっぱり仕掛け絵本って大人も子供も夢中になっちゃいますね☆

クリスマスにはきっと絵本の仕掛けよりもっと素敵なプレゼントが、こどもたちに。

どうか子供たちに、皆の愛がたくさん伝わりますように。