No, that isn’t the name of a new video game. 2012 is the year of the Dragon. I found an incredible children’s mural called “The Dragon’s Magical Bath of Learning”. That’s the best way for kids to learn–immersing them in learning. Each day include some learning time in regular, ordinary activities, adding some fun and kids will soak it up like sponges.
Being a kindergarten teacher who loves imagination fun, I thought of a dragon sharing a bath with a rubber ducky and the two of them singing away. Now, singing is a great way to learn. It encourages all kinds of brain connections, the most obvious is language and vocabulary. All that repetition is a way to practice the right order for words. Songs have patterns which prewire the brain for all kinds of other patterns, especially in math, and s-t-r-e-t-c-h kids’ memory for things that they hear. Singing helps to develop auditory discrimination and memory, vocabulary, rhythm, rhyming, language fluency, listening skills, social skills, basic concepts, and more. That’s a lot of readiness for kindergarten skills. 1…2…3 Sing! and splash up some kindergarten readiness learning fun. Do you know any songs about dragons and ducks?
