Pirate Sword Battle

C5 Festival of Learning 2018 – Public Demonstration

Children working with their teachers in public with parents and family members as chaperones.

Learning Group/Classroom:  Lemon Squeezies- Golden Gate Classroom

Program: Preschool– Ages: 3.5- 5.9 years old

Children: Adrian, Austin, Emrys, Evan, Jackson, Julian, and Eliana,

Teachers: Steven

Title of Demonstration: Pirate Sword Battle

Location: Civic Center Park
Date:   May 14, 2018       Time: 10:30am-11:30am

Objective: Going out to Civic Center Park and having a larger scale sword battle together with children and their grownups.

What the children might be learning and developing:

  1. Recognizing their own feelings and communicating it effectively to their peers.
  2. Practicing how to listen to peers’ words/wishes.
  3. Recognizing body language of peers.
  4. Controlling impulse and stopping upon hearing peers’ wishes or recognizing body language.
  5. Have so much fun!

Our infants are building a strong foundation for early literacy skills at a young age.  The very basics are being practiced throughout the day: holding a book, turning its pages, and watching their teachers reading from left-to-right.  They are beginning to understand how books “work,” how they connect the reader, and how they relate to the listener when read out loud.  When a book is read to them, the infants are developing the cognitive skills required to connect sounds into words and words into meaning.  When they listen to the reader’s changing tone, rhythm patterns, voice inflection, and repeating phrasing, they are learning how language is formed and an essential element of communication.  Infants who are exposed to books, reading, and story-telling at an early age are more likely to develop strong communication skills and a love of books as they get older.  Learn more about our Infant Program.