9-19-11

I decided to keep the materials in my sensory table the same for at least half of this week so that I can gather better assessments over the week. We sing frequently throughout the day. We sing during transitions, during play, during story/weather, during smart board, and of course, during group song time. Different children seem to react differently to song time. The typical children appear to enjoy song time a lot, but the atypical children react differently. I feel that Drew is almost always behaved during song time, Michael behaves pretty well, Wyatt sometimes acts up, and Gavin and Joey often have trouble enjoying song time. A teacher strategy I have seen during song time is to give each child a turn to pick a song to keep them involved. I will begin to assess song time as the week goes on.