This week we learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the wonderful things he did, peacefully. I showed the children the music video called "With My Own Two Hands" by Ben Harper and we talked about what we can do with our own two hands. I explained that we can do good with our hands like care for someone that hurt themselves on the playground or pick up our trash. Here is a link to the You Tube Video With My Own Two Hands.
I also showed them a cartoon video that gave a simplified history that was narrated by a child: MLK - The King and his Dream.
I read the following books: Stinky the Bulldog, by Jackie Valent about a kind dog that was judged because of his name. I also read: Shades of People, which showed real pictures of children in many different shades.
For art, I traced the children's hands and later they painted the with water colors (as seen above and below). While I was tracing their hands, they practiced tracing their own as one of the centers.
For another center, we clipped and unclipped clothes pins. They work the muscles in their index finger and thumb, which helps strengthen the fingers to hold a pencils. This is called "fine motor skills".
It has been very cold here. I took a picture of my next door neighbor's lawn. Their sprinklers were running and it caused the grass to have frost (it looked like snow) and icicles hanging from under their car.
Here is a picture of children dressed warmly:
Then it warmed up and we didn't need jackets as much:
The Friday class's science lesson was on magnets, which will also be the lesson for the week coming up.
There was a birthday boy who didn't get his gift before the break, so here are some pictures of him getting it:
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