We were playing a new game today called "Picture Rhymes." This game has a variety of levels, the easiest is for the teacher to pick up a picture card and give the students clues about what the picture is of. There is a game board with all the pictures on it so they can use visuals to help make a conclusion based on the clues. I picked up a card and gave the clues: this is a part of your body, you use it to smell or sniff, and it is on your face. The students raised their hands excitedly and I called on Aaron. He said, "A shoe, a shoe!" (Ok, so shoes - stinky feet - smelling) I asked him if there was a shoe on his face, and he disappointedly said, "No." So I repeated the clues again, and Daisy told me it was a cat (She has cats, and maybe hers does lay on her face at night). Finally I told them to touch their eyes, noses, and mouths as I reviewed the clues one last time. "Nose!" they all shouted and high fived each other.
Later Beth was looking at a book of pictures. She pointed to a picture of a present and said, "Happy Birthday!" I was very excited because she made a personal connection, and she verbalized it too.
Also, last week we had spring picture day. When it was Stephen's turn to go, he turned to me and asked, "Mrs. Jones, will you pop my collar so I can get all the ladies?" Classic.
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