WEEK 2 - MINDFUL OF TOUCH

Notes

Note to Teacher and Parents: The first few weeks of the Preschool and Elementary Curriculum are similar because we offer a set of foundational skills in these weeks. We will build upon these skills in subsequent weeks at different paces for the different levels. If you have students/children in multiple levels, it would be wonderful to have them work and watch the videos together. The information is accessible across the age levels. We encourage you to review these foundational skills often and to create your own variations. 

Friday includes a Show and Tell. You might have students bring objects from home or spend some time during the week drawing what they would like to share about.

Recommended Supplies

Basket of items with different textures:

(e.g., feather, piece of soft cloth or felt, sandpaper, smooth rock, rough rock or crystal, small stuffed animal, cotton ball, something metallic, something bumpy-- like a textured ball);

Gato/Cat Card (A-Z Deck), Hand Tracing Card (A-Z Deck); Gato/Cat Coloring Page

Additional objects with different textures (e.g., sand, rocks, cotton ball, sandpaper, feather, sticky tape)

Peace Place

In the Classroom: Place the basket of items with different textures for students to explore

At home: Students choose objects with comforting textures to add to their personal Peace Place

Reading Connection - Link for purchase

Mommy’s Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

SEL Core Competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management; Social Awareness

Interdisciplinary Competencies: SEL, Literature, Neuroscience, Physical Education