魔女に夢中; 物語の再話、そしてリズ先生との楽しい就学前教育スキル構築

In this one time class we will read about some of our favorite witches in stories like "Winnie the Witch" and "Room on the Broom", practice sequencing activities for each book and engage in themed color, letter, letter sounds and number activities.

Little learners can build great listening, observation and creative thinking skills during storytime, asking questions and using their imagination. In fact, did you know that reading aloud to kids has clear cognitive benefits? For example, brain scans show that hearing stories strengthens the part of the brain associated with visual imagery, story comprehension, and word meaning. One 2019 study from the National Library of Medicine estimated that children who are regularly read to in the 5 years leading up to kindergarten are exposed to 1.4 million more words than children who aren’t read to during those years. 

We will meet and greet the first few minutes of class so everyone gets comfortable, talk a bit about our class subject and our stories and discuss how we will use our listening and observation skills as we read together.

In between our stories we will work on remembering the sequence of events like what each animal puts in the brew in "Room on the Broom" and what colors does Winne use to help her see Wilbur the cat!  We'll also engage in themed letter and number activities including labeling a witch's parts and observing pictures for what's the same and what's different.  

Learners who are excited to share their observations and progress with our projects are encouraged to do so, but it is not required.