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| There's Nothing In My Bag Today Today I did my math and science, I toasted bread. I halved and quartered. I counted, measured, used my eyes, and ears and head. I added and subtracted on the way, I used a magnet, blocks, and memory tray. I learned about a rainbow and how to weigh. So please don't say, anything in your bag today? You see I'm sharing as I play. I learned to listen and speak clearly when I talk, to wait my turn, and when inside to walk. To put my thoughts into a phrase, to guide a crayon through a maze. To find my name and write it down, to do it with a smile and not a frown. To put my pasting brush away, So please don't say, what, nothing in your bag today? I've learned about a snail and a worm, remembering how to take my turn. Helped a friend when he was stuck, learned that water runs off a duck. I looked at words from left to right, agreed to differ, not to fight. So please don't say, did you only play today? -- Unknown -- |
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| Play Today You say you love your children and are concerned they learn today? So am I -- That's why I'm providing a variety of kinds of play. You're asking me the value of blocks and other such play? Your children are solving problems, they will use that skill every day. You're asking what's the value of having your children play? Your daughter's creating a tower, she may be a builder some day. You're saying you don't want your son to play in that sissy way? He's learning to cuddle a doll. He may be a father some day. You're questioning the interest centers, they look like just listless play? YOur children are making choices, they'll be on their own some day. You're worried your children aren't learning and later they'll have to pay? They're learning a pattern for learning, for they'll be learners always. -- Leila P. Fagg -- |
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