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Cows!

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I just love it when a lesson that I’ve planned turns out even better than expected!  (For full disclosure– it does not always happen that way.  Many times the opposite is true!  Maybe someday I will do a “bloopers” blog post.)  Today was one of those “better than expected” days.

During circle time, we read one of our favorite farm books: Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type.  
Preschool lesson
The plan was to set up the typewriter in the writing center and let the students try it out during centers.  But, as I was reading the story to the class a thought popped into my head— “Wait a minute!!  We have cow costumes in our dress up trunk!!”  Don’t ask me why I didn’t think of it when I was planning the lesson, but it just never occurred to me.  Anyway, my amazing assistant Super-Gemma dove into the storage closet and started rummaging through the trunk to pull out the cow outfits.
In the matter of minutes, a simple writing center turned into a full-out retelling of the story!  Some students became cows and wrote notes begging for electric blankets.
writing center in preschool

Others put on the farmer hat and scarf and typed Farmer Brown’s “furious” response to the demanding cows!

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We also photocopied the typed notes from the book and pinned them to the bulletin board by the writing center, for students who wanted to copy them.  All day long we could hear, “Click, Clack, Moo.  Click, Clack, Moo.  Clickety, clack moo!”

Have your children ever used a typewriter?  If you have access to one, it’s so much fun.  And as one of our sweet kiddos said, “Wow, we get to play with something that is one hundred years old!”

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  1. Amy Latta says

    May 14, 2014 at 10:38 pm

    I know what I'm looking for at my next yard sale! Great idea 🙂

  2. Clarissa Hooper says

    May 16, 2014 at 10:07 pm

    ..and now I need typewrite too!! Love this!

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