During my observation, I saw many kids doing different things, some even doing more than one at once. The activities for the day that the teacher had planned out were; making muffins, playing with train tracks, and using water colors. The teacher had the kids sitting on a rug, she asked "Who would like to make muffins?" Ten out of the fifteen children raised their hand, the teacher was only able to pick five for that activity. While the kids helped make the muffins, they all had a smile on their face, they couldn't keep their bottoms on the chair. Once time was up for the activities the teacher had planned out, all the kids had a choice to either stay inside the classroom and play in any area or go outside.
When the kids had their free time, I observed a little boy playing by himself. He walked over to the kitchen area, picked up a pan that was on the floor and put it on the stove. He looked around, walked over to the refrigerator, there were two more pans in there, he placed those on the stove too. He pretended to turn on the stove, then covered one of the pans with a hamburger patty inside, after about a minute, he took off the lid, grabbed a spatula with his right hand, picked up the pan with his left and flipped the patty as he was also shaking the pan. As he was doing this, his face was very serious, looking directly to the pan with the patty inside. Not saying one word while he did this.
During this activity, he showed gross motor skills as he walked around getting the materials he needed, fine motor skills when grabbing the spatula to flip the patty. He showed autonomy by having patience, concentration and physical skills to be able to flip the patty without dropping it.
If I were the teacher, I would buy some blank aprons since I saw him pretend he was cooking and the other children seemed happy while helping bake the muffins. I would have them decorate their apron with fabric paint, gems, markers and glitter. Next time they help bake something they can put these on. While doing these aprons it will help with fine motor skills for other children that might have a hard time.
As I was reading you blog I was thiking the same as you. I was thinking that it would be so much for all the children to decorate their aprons. In previous years i have done a similar activity to the apron one. In have made memory shirts for preschool graduates. In this activity the children have painted their own hands on their friends shirts. To furher the baking of muffins, the nexts day you can set u the house area with plydough and baking utensils. For example, rollers cookie cutters traits were they can put their muffins or cookies and put in the oven to cook.
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