Finally, our day to play on the slide! It has been highly anticipated all week as the boys have been asking to go down the slide since Monday morning. But, before heading outside we had a little meeting with Ms. Kari where we focused on the word 'stop.' During our meeting we talked about different times we could use the word and then practiced stopping and going with our bodies. Always an interesting time! The boys put their jackets on and where ready to go right out and door and down the slide.
As soon as the door opened to the playscape the boys ran over to the slide cheering with excitement. There was one issue though... it was full of water from the snow yesterday!
"It's wet!" T exclaimed.
"Uh oh." W remarked as he saw the droplets of water rolling down the slide.
We came all this way to GO and ended up having to STOP! Did I think we would be practicing 'stop' on the slide? Absolutely not, but it happened to work out quite nicely since we just talked about it. Naturally reinforcing 😊
Ms. Jenn ran inside to grab a towel. The boys waited SO patiently and seemed to understand that we could not go down the slide until it was dry. As Ms. Jenn wiped it down, the boys watched her.
"It's dry!" T said as he tested the side of the slide.
"Go down!" W said as his eyes lit up from excitement.
Once the slide was clear, the boys went at it!
If you are looking for ways to incorporate the word "stop" into your day at home and get more practice, here are some good movement and music songs you can try!
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