Little Blue and Little Yellow

Dear Parents,

We read Leo Lionni’s Little Blue and Little Yellow twice this week. The class was excited when little Yellow and little Blue hugged and turned green. We painted in pairs with one child getting a dollop of blue, and the other a dollop of yellow. When we shared our colors, voila! We examined all our paintings after. On some we could clearly see the yellow and blue, while others were completely green. 

We asked the children to complete the sentence, “I like it when…” and wrote down their answers. Responses ranged from playing magnet tiles with mom and dad, to finding red leaves, to falling out of the swing. 

We’ve been talking about not leaving friends out of a game and how it feels when you’re the one left out. During one conversation children said if they were left out, it made them feel mad, sad, and bad. 

On Friday we read My Tree and Me, Red Sings From Treetops, Our Apple Tree, The Feelings Book, and Plants Are Alive. 

We spent the morning watercoloring. It was colorful. We are talking about the leaves turning colors. Our tree is still mostly green with a little bit of yellow. We are finding red leaves that fall from a tree in another yard. 

Have a colorful weekend,

Therese

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Dear Parents,

This week we worked on our body tracings. On Tuesday everyone took turns lying on a piece of mural paper and being traced. Many gathered around to watch and wait their turn. We counted legs and arms as we traced. 

On Wednesday everyone used crayons to color their bodies. 

On Thursday we watercolored our body tracings. Some friends painted and colored their whole bodies, some focused on one arm or leg, but all our bodies were colorful. 

On Friday we glued pieces of fabric to our body tracings. Some children placed fabrics in a pattern, while others glued pieces randomly. After reading We Are Alike, We Are Different, we looked in our mind's eye and thought about how our body tracings were alike and different. 

We read On The Day That You Were Born and noticed similar body shadows in the book. The children said they looked like our body tracings. 

We also read I Wish You More, Time To Pee, and  Bodies Are Cool!

We sang Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes during circle. We played in the yard in the brisk weather. 

We are all working on zipping zippers. 

Have a proper fall weekend,

Therese