This activity will help the children learn about babies. It relates to the KDI social studies. (being sensitive to the feelings and needs of others.
Originating Idea: Many of the students in my classroom like to play with the kitchen area, the dolls, and all of the accessories that go with the dolls. One day I saw a few girls fighting over the babies and the things that go with them when I decided to do a small group on caring for babies.
Materials needed:
A baby for each child in small group
Small Group: We started out talking about the babies. Each child had a baby, and we talked about how babies start out to be small and fragile, and grow to be bigger and stronger like we are. The students had a lot to say about how to treat a small child. One student said "my mom said you can't touch babies they will break" We talked about being gentle wiht the babies and some things that we need to do to take care of them.
From here we used tubs of water to carefully wash the babies and get them clean. We also used towels to gently dry them off then we put their clothes back. The students had a great time learning new ways to care for babies. I saw at worktime after that many of the children were playing with the babies still, one even gave hers a bath in the kitchen play area sink!
I got this from the High scope online forum and thought it was a great way to teach about babies.
Materials needed:
A baby for each child in small group
Small Group: We started out talking about the babies. Each child had a baby, and we talked about how babies start out to be small and fragile, and grow to be bigger and stronger like we are. The students had a lot to say about how to treat a small child. One student said "my mom said you can't touch babies they will break" We talked about being gentle wiht the babies and some things that we need to do to take care of them.
From here we used tubs of water to carefully wash the babies and get them clean. We also used towels to gently dry them off then we put their clothes back. The students had a great time learning new ways to care for babies. I saw at worktime after that many of the children were playing with the babies still, one even gave hers a bath in the kitchen play area sink!
I got this from the High scope online forum and thought it was a great way to teach about babies.