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

Welcome To School!

 Here are some lonely pictures of the classroom-lonely because we're ready and waiting for children to fill up our space! You can see the myriad of opportunities to interact with colors of the rainbow; sorting, building, exploring at the science table, and writing. We also have a marker/scissor table available every morning, and will have painting and art activities to make our own rainbows.

Rainbows are a wonderful beginning theme for us because rainbows tell the story of many colors coming together to make something beautiful, just as in our classroom there are many children coming together to make a community!

Until Next Time,
Michele

Fun and Finish!

We had a busy last few days of PreK 4!

stringing snacks

checking the bike mechanics

bubbles!

shaving cream colors with Rosalba

team tie dye!!!

ready for action!

relay races

summer birthdays snack

water balloons

splat!

water squirters

and a beautiful final performance! 

Thank YOU for a wonderful year-we couldn't have done it without your support.

Have a great summer !

Michele and Agi

Fish Week!

We had fun with fish this week-the children printed fish, stamped fish, and painted fish. We sang about fish and did the "fishy pokey." We read a number of books about fish, including The Rainbow Fish which is a favorite. Finally, we celebrated a fiesta with Rosalba! She provided the food, and we talked about fiestas and when it was time to choose our snack we asked "por favor!" 

seashells to sort

water table with whales and fish

everyone dressed up, and we needed to take a picture!

a busy block rug!

seeking shade!

Until Next Time,
Michele

proud builders!

we learned about fiestas!