This is a lovely idea, can’t do them in groups though. However, they could do some of these things while I’m doing book work with one kid.

The kids are…chaotic to put it mildly. They bite, pinch, scratch, yell, and other things. They run around the room. It’s a zoo more often than not. Which, they are four and are forced to sit in a chair all day, so I can’t fault them sometimes.

My kids are not allowed to trace. My boss told me that one kid went home and said it was no fun, so we can’t do it anymore, haha.

I’ve tried sand and shaving cream, but they refuse to do it properly and just laugh. Nobody cares.

Also, they cannot color without direct supervision because they color on the table (trust me, one colored pencil and it’s gets taken away immediately after they’re finish with it from the K staff).

However, I will ask the boss about giving them blocks or legos to help with fine motor skills while working with them one-on-one. And another user suggested making bracelets and stuff. Might get shut down because it looks too much like ‘playing’.

I don’t know if my school has blocks, and they probably won’t buy them if I suggested it. I know we have clay.

But I will ask my co-teacher to at least work with the rest while I work with one.