Rainbow 'Round ME!

We have begun our fun in the PreK 4 class, and the children are embracing all activities wholeheartedly!

 This week our art activities looked a lot like science-mixing colors, spreading paint, observing changes of materials.

 We printed our fingerpaint rainbows-the more mixing, the more brown happened!

 Rainbow hands happened!

this is a pie, with pancakes on top, being enthusiastically presented to the teacher!

 The room became quite playful as dress-up costumes and characters appeared. We learned to let others decide what they wanted to be, and that the answer to the question "can I play?" is "YES."

 The sensory table was called "rainbow soup" and was popular for color mixing, pouring, negotiating, scooping, and measuring, as well as "cooking" as the children made "pie" or "rainbow cake" or whatever their imagination allowed!

Writing and reading opportunities abound as the children dictate a message each day and illustrate it, join in the quiet reading of a book during free choice time, or sit at the writing table to write a note home.

 Jen came into our classroom this week to speak Spanish with us, ask questions, and read a book in Spanish. The children gravitated to her immediately and offered her toys and their own versions of Spanish words.

  We were outside for lots of large motor play, including this fun "color walk" when we explored the gardens and noticed colors.

We ran with rainbow streamers, making our own language of rainbows. 

Until Next Time,
Michele