This afternoon the kids settled into different activities after arrival. Some kids found themselves making a whole city with painter's tape roads, some dove into some books to get a good read in, and others tried making all kinds of creations out of legos. It isn't out of the ordinary for the kids to ask if we can play "office."
This pretend play cracks us all up because they are clearly imitating many of the same mannerisms they have seen either at home or at school. They pile stacks of papers next to them, lay out a bunch of markers, and start "typing" away on the out of commission computers we have. They talk about all the emails and notes they have to send. They make phone calls to each other and write copious amount of letters to send in the mail. Hilarious!
Today, I wanted to test out their letter identification as well as their typing skills they have been showing off these last few months. Plus they ask me just about every other day if they can type on my computer... Today was the day and it was so fun! Each child got a turn to try and find the letters in their name and then practice writing any other word they wanted to. They were awesome!
If a child had a hard time finding a letter, another friend would jump in and help them find it or give them clues as to where the letter was.
"I can't find the 'L'," O said a bit discouraged.
L quickly popped in, "Okay the 'L' is under the 'O'
O scanned the keyboard and found the 'O.' Her eyes lit up as she exclaimed, "There's the 'L!' He was right!"
Technology is second hand to a lot of these kids and they often know how to navigate a lot of it without any help. By introducing a little at a time appropriately they will only continue to feel more comfortable in our new digital world.
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