What a busy day we had! First, Max, Brandon, and Hudson raced their cars and built towers with the Unifix cubes. Then we had Morning Meeting with the Daisies and the Sunflowers. Then we went out for a walk to the store to buy Q-Tips for some projects and had such an amazing adventure.
When we returned from our walk, Max, Hudson, and Brandon were very focused as they created a masterpiece for the art show using tempera paint, brushes, glue bottles with tempera paint, and flowers. We concluded our morning singing High Hopes.
As the children arrived at school, they gravitated towards the unifix cubes on the table. The children noticed that the more cubes they added to their "towers" the more likely the towers would bend and fall. The teachers were just as fascinated as they children by the cubes and observing the children use their problem solving skills.
During snack, we read Miffy the Artist. Then Rachel worked with the children to create our group project that will be up for auction at the Art Show. Sorry folks, you will have to be patient. It will be revealed and up for auction at the BMS Art Show and Purple Cake Day fundraiser!
After French with Deborah, we danced to The Goldfish song and played to Come On and Sing With Me. During our Reflection Meeting before Pick-Up, we asked the children what they liked about today. Here is what they said:
"Painting!" - Brandon
"Washing my hands and painting with Jacob." - Harry
Jacob agreed that he liked that too.
"I liked singing frogs speckled frogs." - Scarlett
Scarlett, Max, and Hudson practiced making patterns when they arrived at school. Each child beamed with pride as they finished this fun challenge. After snack, we had Morning Morning and sang 5 Green and Speckled Frogs. Then we guessed the letters of our names. "No peeking!" the children giggled as we surprised them with each name.
"Can we go outside, Jennifer?" Max asked. "Yeah let's go outside!" Scarlett and Hudson agreed. So we grabbed the bucket of chalk and drew outside. Max and Scarlett drew lines while Hudson sat in the ground and drew a circle around his body. "I see my shadow!" Hudson as he drew. Then the children took turns trying to trace their shadows outside. This was such a nice way to revisit shadows together outside in the sunlight.
Then we worked with clay. Hudson and Scarlett made drum sets and Max made a violin. During lunch, we read Stars! Stars! Stars!. As the teachers were reading Hudson shared, "Planets are in the Milky Way... A papaya looks like a moon because it is a 100 in size." We are very much looking to Hudson bringing in a papaya on Thursday for further investigation. We concluded our morning singing High Hopes as requested by Max, Hudson, and Scarlett.
At Morning Meeting, we sang 5 Green and Speckled Frogs using the frogs and subtracting numbers on the erase as we sang. The children were excited that they knew numbers when we wrote them down.Then we had so much fun taking turns guessing the letters as we looked at the names of our friends. After meeting, we decorated cards and planted special gifts to give to our mothers' for Mother's Day.
After Yoga with Lakshmi, we worked on our self-portraits and had fun making patterns. Then we played together in the block area. Before lunch, we read The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We are very excited to act out this story Monday!
Scarlett ran into this morning so excited to share a very special leaf that she found on the way to school. We had Morning Meeting in the Sunflowers classroom with the Daisies' and the Sunflowers' class. We made a rainstorm using our hands and feet. Next we sang 5 Green and Speckled Frogs subtracting one number on the erase board as they jumped into the pond.
After Dance with Elizabeth, we read The Museum by Susan Verde and Miffy the Artist by Dick Bruna. When we finished reading, Brandon and Max painted collaboratively together using acrylic paint on canvas. Scarlett made an amazing piece of art by painting her leaf onto canvas using purple acrylic paint. Hudson drew on canvas using a black marker. He wrote the letter "A" and also made a bassoon.
After Project Work, Scarlett dressed up with her baby and took the bus to work. Max cooked Hudson breakfast in the kitchen while Brandon worked very hard on the alphabet puzzle. During lunch, we read The Cat In the Hat by Dr. Seuss.
