Following last week's introduction of a variety of different scripts from different languages, this week the teachers felt it would be interesting for the children to see yet another variety of letters; braille. We first showed a short clip from Sesame Street to the children, entitled Lauren goes to school. In the clip, a young girl, Lauren, introduces herself and explains how she uses her fingers, instead of her eyes to read and write special letters. The children were fascinated to see how the raised bumps that make up braille can be read with the fingers and how Lauren uses a special machine, a braille writer, to write the alphabet as her classmates write the traditional alphabet using a pencil and paper. I would recommend looking at the clip (linked in green above) again together with your son or daughter. After watching the clip, I showed the children a book written in both traditional script (in English) and in braille. They were very intrigued, and enjoyed using their fingers to feel the raised dots. Following this experience, the children were given the opportunity to create a kind of braille version of their own names. Referring to a braille alphabet chart and their name cards, they used lentils and strong glue to 'write' their names. Dress Up DayIn other news, this week we were held the Dress Up Day that the children carefully planned last week. It was exciting to see cats, rabbits, Spidermen, bats, pyjamas and more in our classroom, and the children were excited to show their friends their special outfits. Later on in the day, we had a special visitor. Superman stopped by to sing a few songs with both PS1 classes! Next week we will begin to consider the value of letters. As we will need to define what we mean by valuable, please can I ask all children to bring something from home that is special to them. Of course, please do not send anything of great monetary value. We imagine this children will bring a special toy or picture, for example. Please ensure your child brings something from home on Monday. We will send the 'special/valuable' item home again at the end of the day. Many thanks in advance!
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