Simon Says Mix More Colors

Dear Parents,

This week we played with shaving cream, using our hands right on the tables. Everyone used hands, fingers, and fingernails to draw in the shaving cream. We added food color and mixed it to see what new colors we could get. Someone said it looks like whipped cream, but everyone agreed it was not for eating. We knew because it did not smell yummy. Some children said their daddies use it when they shave. 

We played Simon Says. Simon said to meow like cats, wiggle like worms, hop like frogs, stand on one foot, touch our nose and toes, and many more feats. We followed Simon around the classroom and into the big room to play. 

We introduced our pretend food and dishes to the big room play. After we reminded everyone not to really eat the plastic food, they got to work cooking up a storm in the kitchen area. Some forgot and took nibbles, so we reminded them again.

We read Everyone Poops and talked about where our food goes after we swallow it, and how our bodies take the vitamins and nutrients we need, and gets rid of the rest. The children said that our pee comes from what we drink. We added another reminder about washing hands with soap and water after using the bathroom. 

On Friday, Simon said to march around the big room, take giant steps, do jumping jacks, walk like a bear, skip, walk backwards and sideways, among others. Simon got tired and everyone went to the Peanut Butter Wall. Then we played in the big room while it continued to pour outside.

Have a dry weekend!

Therese

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