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Baby Misc
10-16-00This is for the whole school to take part in. If you have a huge bulletin board for the whole school, ask all the teachers to bring in a childhood picture of themselves. They will need to give it to the person in charge of setting up the bulletin board only. No one else can see it. Then the person in charge can make the bulletin board and everyone can try to guess who everyone else is. This is fun for the teachers, the children, and the parents. You can leave it up for about a month, and then the following month, you can add a recent photo to it. It is a blast to watch everyone try to figure out who everyone else is.
10-7-00During our baby theme, we have as many moms as possible with babies, bring them in to play with the children, and so the children can get a first hand experience of what it is like to have a baby around. The kids absolutely love it and ask many times in the next few weeks when the babies are coming back again. 8-27-00For 2's this idea is especially cute. Read books about babies, let them bring a "baby" to school (doll or stuffed animal), all the while contrasting the difference between them and babies. Let them all take a turn looking on a hand held mirror and saying "I'm not a baby" Then repeat with them all during the lesson (day) "We're not babies" You can do a stretch and say "we're growing big ,AND WE'RE NOT BABIES". They love it. I'm working on ideas for a book to send home with this young age with "We're not Babies" as the title.
2-23-00You can put water and soap into your water table. Add some plastic babies, washcloths, bottles, bottle brushes, etc. The children can wash babies or baby dishes as they desire.
Date: 1-25-00When doing a baby theme, you can convert the housekeeping center into a 'nursery' Add bibs, highchairs, baby dolls etc.
Date: 1-25-00Invite a parent with a real infant to visit the classroom. Before hand, encourage the children to create questions that could be asked. Allow the children to watch as the infant is fed.
1-2-00On the first day of the unit, I bring in a very small baby from our infant room. We talk about the baby's needs and characteristics. The next day I bring in a bigger baby and discuss the same topics. I continue on introducing the next age baby during circle for the entire week.
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