Hey guys! Taking a neighborhood walk is a part of a lot of early childhood education programs.
And while they can be a lot of fun, sometimes they can get pretty
boring. Today I'm going to go for a walk around the neighborhood with my fancy
toy to show you guys how to maybe spice it up a little bit.
So uh
Let's go for a stroll.
Come on darling!
Start using directional terms, maybe give
the kids options. If you're able to mix up your routine ask the little ones, "Do
you want to go right or left?" Have them work on right or left by doing
hand holds. That's a lot of fun especially if they're new to it because it gets
really confusing.
There is nothing better than an impromptu dance party and those
who are fans of No Small Matter know that I love a good dance party. So when
you get to the corner of the street and instead of counting or instead of like
looking both ways, you can always pause and say well you know what, we're going
to break it down for five seconds and then we're going to cross the street. It's a
great way to get out energy especially if you're getting towards the end of the
walk and maybe they're still squirrely.
And you know what it's not awkward when there's kids with you. It is awkward when you're by yourself so
keep that in mind. Let's keep walking.
So one thing that's really great to do is as you're walking maybe mix it up a little bit. Say every time we get to a
black car we're to take big steps. So you could talk about different sizes, you can
see who can make the biggest step. It's a great way to build energy and then start
inserting vocabulary. At the same time there's a truck you could say every time
you get to a truck we're going to tip toe and then everyone can tip toe.
You're going to find a lot of things on your walk. Like today as I'm walking I'm going
to try to do this, you can see there's some litter on the ground. That is
a great place to stop and have a conversation.
What is littering? What can we do to stop littering? And one thing on my walks I
would always go ahead and bring a pair of plastic gloves and bring a garbage
bag so we could help out the earth and the kids would get really excited. Make
sure that you pick it up and not them so you have the gloves and also everybody's
going to wash their paws anyway when you get back to class but go ahead and do it.
Help out Mother Earth all right she needs it.
One way to really mix it up that I would love is doing a silent walk. Have the kids walk quietly and listen to
the world around them. What do they hear? It may just be a car, it may be a siren,
it may be a dog. I hear a motorcycle. Ask them what they think that sound is.
It's a bird. Where do you think it's coming from? It's a great way to let them
become observant about the world around them and introduce a lot of vocabularies.
Hi guys! So make sure to go ahead and take advantage of a quiet walk because
not only is it really soothing but it really helps you appreciate the world
that maybe you're not listening to - no pun intended.
Because you go on a walk everyday you can start thinking about all the different kinds
of explorations that are going to take a year long. In the city of Chicago, it's great because we have so
many different buildings always going up, so you can start in the fall and see a
building that's maybe just got torn down and ask what do you think is going to be
there? One year we did an entire year long exploration about construction
workers, who they are, we got to have chats with them. People came in, showed us a tour of
the building when it was finished. It ended up being a pizza place and we
got pizza, which is the best, but go ahead and look around you at all the different
possibilities to do explorations.
Hey guys we're back from our walk. Hopefully we did some things to spice it up, mix it up a little bit. Hopefully you had some
great conversations, found out some new curriculums that you can potentially
start, and most importantly the little ones are ready for a nap. So while they go
and take that nap, go ahead and go to nosmallmatter.com visit the blog
and maybe walk those little fingers to the keyboard and insert things that you do
on your walks to mix it up keep it interesting because fun walks getting
outside is no small matter.
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