Some of our sensory activities included working with play dough, Rice Krispies, dominoes and buckets in the sensory table and boats. We also explored gourds in the sensory table and on the light table with our blue fish. We also explored with boxes and the scale with the gourds but I was unable to get a picture.
We enjoyed transferring gems, building boxes from blocks and using buckets on the light table.
Art and craft activities included rainbow squish art to go along with the Dolly Parton book, exploring the letter Bb and then balloon painting with the balloons, bubble wrap printing and letter stamping.
We had the opportunity to explore John Chapman's life (Johnny Appleseed) and made our own applesauce. We also made an apple craft to go along with the story after exploring the seeds within the apples.
Our final project included some small pumpkins that were donated by a family. We used the pumpkins to mix red and yellow paint for orange.
Our next theme will include the letter Cc along with community helpers. We will also continue our look at fall as we explore spiders and bats. Happy Fall!
We enjoyed dancing and playing our instruments along with songs about apples, rain and more. We had several days of extended play, including a very tricky case in capturing Sally the jewelry thief. The case involved A as police chief, E as the investigator, Princess Fiona and the beautiful police officer Kristin. Chain link traps and toy obstacle courses led to the eventual capture of S as Sally. Puzzles and empty containers were turned into computers and all of the children were involved in the case. This type of imaginative play teaches a variety of skills in an authentic situation.Other activities included the following.
In art, we explored the colors red and green. We also looked at real apples and the variety of colors found on a single apple. These are squish art apples, which are created by folding the two sides together after placing paint dots on the paper.
We also painted with an apple in a type of marble art. This idea is included in the curriculum from Preschool Palace.
Other worksheets and projects from the curriculum included a color red book and a Ten Apples Up on Top hat.
We enjoyed using our Do-A-Dot markers with the following worksheet from Making Learning Fun.
Our light table activities included color sorting with our large collapsing circles from Learning Resources.
Other math activities included using manipulatives to build towers and matching numbers to their index card.
Sensory activities included finding the red circles and our favorite shaving cream. We also used the red circles during circle time for hiding, counting, learning about spatial concepts such as above, beside and behind and musical spots. We also found items that matched the red circles from around the room.
During the week, we also had a piñata party with wise owl this week for all of my kindergarten and preschool students. We talked about being readers, writers, scientists and more after successfully completing our first week of school. We used the apple tree outside, a rope, bandanna and a shorter PVC pipe as our stick. Here is a photo of the owl after the fun.
We also had a school-age sleepover party during these past two weeks. We enjoyed making Alka-Seltzer rockets, Mentos geysers and playing group games like freeze tag and Night at the Museum.
We are moving on to the letter Bb. During our walk at the end of the week, we looked for the letter Bb in signs along with the colors red and green. We drew pictures of what we saw on our walk.
I will leave you with photos of a bird that was created by one of my school-age children. The bird actually glided when thrown. We will continue our look at the letter Bb along with the colors, shapes and numbers during the next two weeks.
