I said, “Well, you
can’t take your baby home from the hospital without a name. I always named my dolls when I was
little.”
The mother said, “I
guess you only had one doll. My
girls have so many they can’t name them all.”
That strikes me as
sad somehow. Less is more. I had one baby doll (Tiny Tears) and I
adored her!
My own children
always named their stuffed animals and dolls when they were little. That’s such an easy thing to encourage
your children to do if they bring a toy to school or talk about a doll. It somehow brings a toy to life and
makes the connection more personal.
Another simple
thing you can do is ask your students to name their artwork. All famous artists give a title to
their paintings and sculptures, and your children will enjoy doing it as well. I could even connect art to the Common
Core State Standards if I did that!
I’m always looking
for creative bridges to the Standards.
You just have to think outside the box a little for possibilities. What do your students enjoy? Games, art, music, drama? How can you tap into what they enjoy
and integrate some skills and standards?
A spoonful of sugar always makes the medicine go down!
How I got from
naming baby dolls to putting sugar on skills I’ll never know! But there are a few gems in today’s
blog if you look for them!