Mixing Colors

Dear Parents,

On Monday we added  color to our white playdough. Everyone mixed their own ball of playdough choosing red or blue food coloring. The more we played with it, the brighter the color became. The next day, we shared balls of red playdough with balls of blue playdough. We had to work for a few days to see a new color emerge. The children started to notice our play dough was turning purple.

Everyone took turns painting at our easels. We mixed yellow and red. We mixed yellow and blue. Children noticed new colors here too. The next day some misremembered that we had used green paint at the easel. We looked at our pictures on the wall and sure enough, we saw green. After some thought, they realized that yellow and blue made green. And yellow and red make orange!

We started documenting the seasons in our yard by taking our first group photo under our tree. What color are the leaves on our tree? “Green!” shouted a few friends. This is our last week of the summer season. We noticed that a cool wind was blowing in and several children had on sweaters. Some in the class knew that means fall is coming. 

We had our first fire drill this week. We left the building quickly and quietly (sorta) and formed a line outside. Then we went into the yard to play. We talked about the fact that our building was not really on fire, but that we were pretending in case it ever happened. 

We are working on using walking feet in the classroom, taking turns on the swings and tricycles, and sharing the balls in the big room. 

Have a cool weekend,

Therese

Play Dough and Play

Dear Parents,

This week we’re learning our routine, getting to know our space, and getting to know our friends’ names. We started putting our names up on the attendance chart while singing each person’s name.

Often the first written word children recognize and read is their own name. We encourage this by putting their names in the cubbies, on the attendance chart, and on everyone’s artwork.

We played with play dough, and friends created: a mud puddle, a fossil, a bridge, a pancake, an octopus, a tie-thing that you have to run and break, an inch worm, a train car, a couple of volcanoes, some earth worms, and much more. 

We have six to eight sleepers during quiet time. Shhhhhh.

We have been working puzzles and reading books in the classroom, driving our car and tricycles in the big room, and practicing sharing the swings outside. 

We are reading books about going to school. We read Cornelius C. Mudd, Are You Ready For School?, Spot Goes To School, David Goes To School, Wow School!, Follow The Line To School, and Head To Toe. 

We have been singing the Alphabet; Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes; Bubble Gum; On Top Of Spaghetti; Open, Shut Them; Peanut Butter and Jelly; and The Hokey Pokey.

That’s what it’s all about,

Therese