Brrrrr! Icy, cold conditions are prompting some new learning ventures in the Moonbeam Classroom.
The boys and girls are exercising their scientific inquiry skills, as well as their creative talents! Quite recently, the children chose their favorite colors of paint. Red, purple, blue! Yellow, orange, green! They assisted faculty members in topping off ice cube trays and placing them in the freezer. And the next day…PRESTO! The paints had become solid, frozen art tools! The students utilized these cubes to create beautiful works of expression, sharing other children’s colors. They experimented with color mixing and different properties. Do visit our display in the classroom! Using observation techniques the pupils watched the cubes slowly melt. Also, they explored mixing different hues, noting their transformations. Very organic, and very fun!

In other news, the Moonbeamers have just planted a classroom Amaryllis. During Circle Time, they made observations about the bulb (dry, scratchy, heavy) and explored its anatomy (roots, sprout). Up next: noting growth of the Moonbeam plant!