Blink, blink, blink!!!! Continuing with our year-long author study, the Rainbow children have chosen a new Donald Crews book, Light. Crews teaches our young bibliophiles about natural and manufactured sources of light (as well as the concept of opposites). The Rainbow girls and boys launched this unit of exploration by creating a jumbo sun to display in our classroom. While singing, “Oh, Mr. Sun,” the children used golf balls and “fire” paint. Later, during Choice Time, the Rainbow kiddos collaged a cardboard box with paper “bricks” to construct a classroom fireplace. How cozy! Our students love to curl up with their friends and pretend to roast marshmallows. Yum! Lastly, the Rainbow children continue to enjoy many adventures with “flashlight scavenger hunts.” Shining their beams helps them find colors, letters and numbers around the Magic Garden campus. Coming up: Friendship Week fun!
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Rainbow
The Rainbow Room infuses infusing each day with mindfulness practices. For instance, when we need to “re-center,” we direct the children to “blow a bubble of silence.” As their cheeks fill up, the room grows calm and peaceful. This is our version of deep breathing. Ommmm. The Rainbow Room got to thinking…what about other kinds of bubbles? Our students took part in a bubble scavenger hunt. And they spotted them everywhere! In our fish tank! In the sink during hand washing! At Choice Time, the children had a ball sudsing up in the sensory table. They also made shaving cream foam letters and, during movement time, pretended to be bouncing, floating bubbles themselves. Pop! Accessing Science exploration, the girls and boys joined Ms. Melyssa for a very cool hands-on experiment. The kiddos were given a small cup of cola and a salt shaker. Our little scientists made predictions concerning what might happen when the two substances met. Alas, salt creates more carbonation, illustrating changing properties! Check out all the frothy fun!
Moonbeam
Did you hear that? The Moonbeam children continue to explore the five senses, this month focusing on sound. During Circle Time, the children were asked, “Can we make a list of some sounds you hear at school or at home or outdoors?” The girls and boys were bursting with responses! One student said, “I hear my baby sister laughing when she wakes up. And sometimes she cries too.” Another child said, “I hear the classes singing and playing.” “You can hear rain on top of my house!” exclaimed another kiddo. During Choice Time, the students began creating their own musical instruments. Using cereal boxes and elastic bands, they crafted their own guitars and banjos. They delighted in playing and listening to their own strums and twangs. On another occasion, the girls and boys utilized paper plates and rice to create their own tambourines! Just listen! Learning and fun can always be heard in the Moonbeam Classroom!