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What are LOOSE PARTS Loose parts are materials that can be moved, combined, transported, manipulated, lined up, mixed up and used in a variety of ways. Through play, children use these materials in a multitude of ways, depending on their interests, urges, imagination, and the ideas of the child. Our favorite way to use loose parts is for Story Making! | Water Bottle Reminder Just a gentle reminder that your child needs to come to school with a fresh and filled water bottle. We will refill as needed! They also need two snacks each day. | Chapstick We are seeing some very chapped lips as we enter the winter season. It may be helpful to stick a tube of chapstick in your child's backpack to use throughout the day. A small container of lotion may also provide relief for their dry hands from washing them throughout the day. |
What are LOOSE PARTS
Water Bottle Reminder
Chapstick
Story Making with Loose Parts
It is a beautiful mix of the arts meet oral language and literacy. It's a belief that stories are not only limited to pencils, crayons, and paper. Children learn to see that our world is filled with stories and stories can be found all around us. People have been creating and telling stories since the beginning of time! It allows children to tap into their memories, experiences and their imaginations to play and create stories!
Story making teaches so many literacy and language skills! Children are exploring and creating stories that have characters, settings, problems and solutions. These are all skills students need to use for writing and reading comprehension.
We have seen and heard some amazing stories while students are using the provided loose parts and tiny treasures. Stories about foxes eating the campers marshmallows, unicorns that are traveling through portals, and Santa taking people to the North Pole to visit and feed Rudolph.
We need your unwanted LOOSE PARTS and TINY TREASURES!! Here is a list with items we would like to collect to support our student's story work!
(Links are for example and definition purposes only!)
*small figurines of any kinds (people, animals, creatures)
*Toob sets (babies, vehicles, birds, tools, boats, US figures, desert, vegetables)
*Used playmobil figures of any kind
*acrylic seasonal shapes or table scatter decorations
*cake toppers: plastic themed items typically used to decorate cakes and cupcakes
Festive Fridays!
Polar Express Pajama Day!
We would love....
*a large hot cocoa mix (3 canisters)
*holiday cookies (store bought..no homemade cookies...sorry) (30 each classroom)
*styrofoam cups (30 each classroom)
