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Serious Learning Can Happen in Playful Moments!
An Excerpt From The Learning Power of Laughter
By Jackie Silberg
1. Imagine what various objects in a room would say if they could talk. What would the flowers say? What would a chair say?
2. Suggest some, and soon children will be making up their own ideas. Suggestions include:
- What does the chair say? ... "Please sit down on me backwards."
- What does the flower say? ... "May I have some water so I can brush my teeth?"
Learning Power! With this activity, children will laugh their way to learning about the following skills/concepts: Creativity and Imagination, Socialization.
Windy Reading
1. Instead of turning the pages of a book, blow them! Children will LOVE doing this!
2. The Wind Blew (Aladdin, 1993) by Pat Hutchins is a perfect book to try this idea.
3. Other books you can try are:
- Gilberto and the Wind (Puffin Books, 1978) by Marie Hall Ets
- Old Devil Wind (Sagebrush Education Resources, 1999) by Barry Root
- The Wind's Garden (Henry Holt and Co., 2001) by Bethany Roberts
- Wind Says Good Night (Sagebrush Education Resources, 2001) by Katy Rydell
Learning Power! With this activity, children will laugh their way to learning about the following skills/concepts: Creativity and Imagination, Body Awareness.