Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Shamrocks & St. Patrick's Day



Painting Shamrocks





 Making Shamrocks in Play-Doh


 Everyone's wearing green on St. Patrick's Day so they don't get pinched!
 Making "Over the Rainbow" cupcakes
Mixing the white frosting with drops of food color until it turns green


 Spreading the frosting
 Adding a rainbow and marshmallows for clouds
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Flowers and Plants Unit~Planting a Rainbow

Planting a Rainbow

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 The preschoolers choose the color of flower they would like to plant
 First, we added soil to the cup
 The preschool's made observations about their seeds
 Next, we planted the seeds on top and covered it with a small amount of soil

 Most of the kids chose their favorite color to plant



 Standing in front of our newly planted color garden
 A few weeks later...
Our plants are starting to grow!
 We divided the class into groups...
A group with tall plants and a group with short plants

There's more to come as our plants grow, grow, grow!!!!!

Friday, April 11, 2014

Insects & Bugs Unit

Making Thumbprint Lady Bugs and Caterpillars
 Adding spots to the lady bugs and feet to the caterpillars
 We read the "Grouchy Ladybug" and found several insects in the story
 Insect & Bug Show-and-Tell
 A lightning bug car
 A butterfly car
 A blue lady bug
 A lightning bug that really lights up
A ladybug pillow

Easter Unit

Easter Unit
Show-and-Tell

Look at all the fun Easter items the kids brought to share with the class...
 A bunny with a bunny basket
 A little pink bunny
  A baby chick hatching out of it's shell
 A little lamb
 A teddy bear in a baby chick costume
 A big pink bunny
A children's bible with the story of Easter

Friday, April 4, 2014

Going for a Spring Walk...Checking out the newly blossomed trees and nature

We are headed off for our walk. We are in search of newly blossomed trees and signs of Spring.
 The kids really liked this tree
 Checking out purple flowers growing in the grass
 Smelling the blossoms
 This tree drops seeds that look like snakes
 The kids were pretty fascinated by it and scared at the same time. It really looked like there were snakes on the ground. 
 Some of the kids were not afraid to pick them up
 When we arrived back to preschool we spotted a bunny in the yard
What a fun walk. The kids can't wait to go on another one again!

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Bunny Artwork

Bunny Artwork

Dabbing brown paint on the bunny

 Adding white paint to the fur

 The bunny with it's habitat

What a cute art project!