november 2024
“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”
Since October, we've noticed that our children have developed a strong interest in stories. It all began during our circle time, where Rachelle (educator) introduced them to felt stories. She started with Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and the children absolutely loved the animal sounds and the vibrant colors of the pictures. Soon after, the children began pointing to the books kept at their eye level. Each morning, Emily (educator) would read “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” to the children after morning arrival. We then observed that they wanted to touch and feel the pictures of the stories during circle time, so we printed a separate set of pictures. To our surprise, they loved moving around with the pictures, and some even started mimicking the animal sounds clearly.
One day, we placed the pictures on the table, and Swati (educator) asked the children to find the matching pictures by showing them images from the story. Most of them were able to do it! It was amazing to witness their understanding, observation skills, and memory. What a great development in their learning!
Rachelle Minthorn RECE, Emily Merenda RECE, Swati Limbachia BA, BEd, MA