Can you put on your coat?...By yourself? Term 2, Week 4
This winter is considerably colder than before, or so it seems. Our classroom is filled with lots of coats, gloves, mittens, hats, and scarves. Trying to keep winter wear all organized and then helping kids get everything on can be a daunting task for the teachers. There are times when children get so tired of putting their warm clothes on and off by themselves, so they just stand and wait for someone to do it for them. To get the children more motivated with this simple task we had the whole issue discussed during our circle time. The children were asked to show each other how they manage to put their coats on by themselves... and all of a sudden there was so much enthusiasm! Everybody wanted to show what they could do, and every single one could do something by themselves!
"Look, I can do it BY MYSELF!!!"
"Look, I can do it BY MYSELF!!!"