Tuesday Slice of Life.
All participants are writing about one moment, one part of their day.
A big thank you to Two Writing Teachers for providing this unique opportunity
for teacher-writers to share and reflect.
A few years ago, a family gifted me a large bag filled to the brim with cloths...a big bin of fabric, each piece measuring approximately 1 yard square. Honestly, there are probably three dozen pieces of fabric...I've never counted them, and I suppose I should, one day! I think these cloths might be my favorite element in my preschool classroom. They bring endless fun!
What can you do with a cloth?
Well, what do you imagine?
If you are a preschooler, there's no end to the possibilities.
Why not make a fort?
Or a gown?
How about a cape for a superhero?
Let's be robbers and bad guys.
No, how about Mommy?
The baby needs to be swaddled in a blanket.
The baby needs a crib!
I'm making a bear cave.
It's a lake!
There are dolphins in the water.
All the animals live in this part of the zoo.
We could pretend they are rocks on a mountain, and go for a hike.
You might slip and fall!
It's my sled.
A bed for me.
A hospital bed, because I am sick.
We can all have ballet clothes!
Remember, at Halloween, there was a ghost?
If you sit in the barber's chair, you need one of these.
I'm going to be a firefighter.
No, a policeman!
It could be like walls of a house.
Or the floor.
It might be the window, maybe the curtains.
Or the door.
You have to come in this way.
It is a very soft place.
A few years ago, a family gifted me a large bag filled to the brim with cloths...a big bin of fabric, each piece measuring approximately 1 yard square. Honestly, there are probably three dozen pieces of fabric...I've never counted them, and I suppose I should, one day! I think these cloths might be my favorite element in my preschool classroom. They bring endless fun!
Love the imaginations of preschoolers. The possibilities in life are endless.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely true!
DeleteI wish we could harness that imagination and release it again when they get to middle school! I love watching my grandchildren let their imaginations run wild. If only I could get my 7th graders to let go and stop asking me, "How long does it have to be?"
ReplyDeletePreschool years are a magical time. They are unfettered.
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