Five and Six Year Old Imaginations

 

Finally after two days of being couped up inside the classroom, I decided it was time to go outside to play with the afternoon class. At first I worried about what will they do, because after all there is no snow and I don't allow the children to use the climbers when they are wearing boots and mittens. But we went outside for about twenty minutes and yes it was very windy but not one child complained about the wind or the chilly day. So I thought I would offer parents a glimpse into the great adventures that occur on an empty playground!

 

Instead the boys were under the climber playing a game and building pretend fires to keep warm. Then in a flash they would take off and run to the far away climber and get rid of the danger that was lurking in that area and dash in a flash under the climber to keep warm around the (pretend) fires they had built.

 

The girls were prancing around the yard in a line one after another. They were the reindeer prancing around the yard and driving Mrs. Clause in her sleigh around the North Pole.

 

The children did not need any Ipads, DS's or any other technology tool to participate in these fun and exciting activities. All they used were their wonderful creative and playful imaginations. Teaching is definately the most wonderful career there is on the face of this earth. I have free entertainment five days a week.