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Every other week your child will get the chance to be a job helper. This is a very exciting part of our morning. We look in each pocket and find out who the job helper for the day is. I also incorporate color recognition in this. Just in case you hear your child talking about a certain job, and find yourself wondering what it means, here is a little description on each one. Line Leader: This child gets to line up first and sets a good example for the rest of the children how to walk in line to the next activity. Calendar Helper: This child gets to come up front during calendar time and use the pointer. They help point out the month and spell it. They help count the numbers (sometimes in silly ways) and say the pattern of the shapes on the calendar. The best part is they get to "peek in the pocket" by the calendar to find the shape/number for the day. Attendance Helper: This child walks over to the table and collects the name tags that have not been turned into the bucket. They give the names to me and we spell the names as a class. The child also gets to announce "everyone is here!" when no one is absent. Prayer Person: This child gets to pick what prayer we say before snack time. Some common choices are the Superman prayer, the Army Prayer, the Appleseed prayer, and the all time favorite 'Shark Prayer.' Name Cheer: This child comes up and picks out a color (or 2 colors for 4 yr. olds) and spells their name to me while I write it on the white board. Then they get to write their name on their own, or with help. The children watching get to try to spell the child's name in sign language. Afterwards everyone stands up and the name cheer person holds pom poms and leads a cheer for their name. (Ask them to do this for you at home, it is very cute!) Snack Helper: This child brings in snack for the entire week, and more importantly (to them) they get to hand out napkins to each child. |
