Rainbows

We had even more experiences with rainbows this week. We are still trying color mixing, rainbow colors, and matching. We finger painted with all the colors of the rainbow, painted with marbles, and tried our hand at watercolors this week. A favorite story was Mouse Paint which was read in both English and Spanish this week. The children remembered that yellow and blue make green, or amarillo and azul make verde, and red and blue make purple, or rojo and azul make morado, and that red and yellow make orange, or rojo and amarillo make naranja. We play with concepts such as "what color are you wearing?" in both Spanish and English, practicing and playing with our language knowledge.

In our morning meeting  time, the children can hold rainbow tickets made out of felt if they are sitting up tall and listening. If they forget, the teacher holds the ticket until they are ready. This is a concrete way of reinforcing the "whole body listener" concept, and it has been a very positive experience.

We celebrated three birthdays this week!

Painting with marbles! The children scooped marbles covered with paint into their boxes and rolled them, shook them, and created their pictures.

Jenny will be our student teacher on Tuesdays

 We are an active bunch and we spend a lot of time outdoors. We're thankful for the beautiful weather!  We start our day with a short time outdoors to run, and when it's time to create or play indoors we are calmer and more focused.

 All the colors of the rainbow mixed together make....black?

 Palabras la Semana:

arcos iris-rainbow
azul-blue
rojo-red
amarillo-yellow
naranja-orange
verde-green
morado-purple

"To a child, the world is filled with endless possibilities. They learn through art what will work and what won’t. Because there is not one right answer, art presents an opportunity to be creative problem solvers or “risk takers” and meet challenges in new ways.  A majority of young children will most likely NOT grow up to be the next Picasso but being exposed to appropriate art experiences from the earliest years promotes divergent thinking skills — valuable for future scientists, mathematicians and engineers. "

-Ginny Streckewald, M. Ed

We had a wonderful colorful week!


Until Next Time,
Michele