Do You Believe in Magic?

thought you'd like to see some happy action in our classroom!

Very Silly

Silly Week was so silly, and so busy, that we didn't take a lot of pictures, but it was certainly fun! The children enjoyed finding books in the dramatic play area and kitchen supplies on the bookshelf, so much so that when it came time to switch back the majority voted "no". We shook our sillies out, painted and glued silly shapes, made "oobleck"in the water table and pancakes to eat, and ate watermelon for water day. The children found many ways to be the opposite of what was expected, as on a sunny day the weather was recorded as "rainy", the stop sign on the bathroom door was switched to "go" when there was someone in there, and we had many silly talks about being really small or walking on the ceiling. The children were absolutely using their critical thinking skills to think outside of many boxes this week!
Until Next Time,
Michele

a parade!

through the buddie's classroom!

here we are!

and the 3's!

oooooooooobleck (cornstarch and water)

oooooooooooo

hands on!

John Sebastian, of the Lovin Spoonful.....

pajama day!

trying out the guitar with friends

making flapjack flippers and flapjacks

all tucked in

making the flapjacks!

and here's water day

water everywhere

wonderful construction!

happy birthday watermelon!

books in the kitchen area, so silly!

Not as Windy!

We took advantage of the sunny weather to play outside for as long as we wanted. The children were surprisingly inventive with their play, constructing obstacle courses,  becoming mechanics and builders and turning over the travel cars, and enjoying their move through the morning. Wind week meant that we talked about the weather, and a friend brought in weather data from her home weather station to share with us.

team work,

 The sensory table was full of cloud dough, a mixture of baby oil and flour, that had the addition of tools and animals towards the end of the week.
Our art projects were weather related also, with cloud paintings, "raindrops" painted with water, rainbows, and painting with our own wind power. Finally, at the end of the week, we added air to cream with  a tool and our muscles  to make whipped cream!

Until Next Time,
Michele

checking underneath the car

oil change, and cutting off the tires with sparks.

the ultimate challenge!

data from a home weather station!

cloud dough

painting a raindrop with powdered paint and water

different styles

organizational skills!

cloud dough is absorbing

more animals and tools to add

interesting how absorbing cloud dough is!

rebuilding an engine, hard hats required

a diagram of an engine to refer to

we made a rainbow from a cloud !

an engine construct!

painting with our wind power

designed by wind power

from a liquid

whip whip whip whirrrr

whip whirrrr

whirrrr

adding more air, it gets a little splashy

enjoying the hard work