We will also look at the science of rainbows and make a cool rainbow painting by “scraping” paint!Īrt Activities: Butterfly applique, tissue paper butterflies, Monarch art, and rainbow painting. Highlights and Reminders: Next week the Blue Bears will explore butterflies! We will learn the differences between insects and arachnids, the stages of metamorphosis, and we will create beautiful art inspired by butterflies. You can continue practicing at home using a wall calendar! It’s fun to ask questions like, "what number comes in between?” or “is this number one more/less than.” For number writing practice, let your Blue Bear help you make lists or count items and label with the written number on an index card or sticky note! The Blue Bears are also practicing counting and recognizing numbers 1-20 and writing numbers 1-10.
This week, we also continued to practice writing the letters of the alphabet by making plant books and writing science observations in our journals. So, we tried drawing like him…on our backs and on paper underneath the classroom tables! It is amazing to imagine how Michelangelo painted such magnificent images on the chapel’s ceiling. Sudie taught us about artist Michelangelo and his work in the Sistine Chapel. In addition, we were inspired by the beauty of plants and made several flower artworks. We also did a science experiment that showed us how plants breath. We planted bean seeds and are excitedly watching the daily changes as the seeds start to sprout. And with a garden dramatic play, our lesson theme of the week has been plant science! The Blue Bears learned the parts of a plant, what plants need to grow, and what the plant life cycle looks like. The older three and four-year olds were excited to show me their finished projects and tell me about the colors and leaves they used.Recent News: Rows of vegetables and garden gloves and tools have made this week’s garden dramatic play come to life.
In the craziness of our class we didn't have time to do any other activities related to acorns, but I loved talking with each kid after they were done and having them show me all the colors on their acorn. Lastly, we punched holes in the frame and added ribbon to help hang the stained glass window. Turn the acorn picture around and hold it up to the light or a window and admire all the beautiful colors!ĩ. Tape the wax paper to the back of the acorn frame.Ĩ. Trim the wax paper to fit the back of the acorn frame. Take the towel off and admire the melted crayon masterpiece.ħ. With parent supervision, we let each child have a turn helping move the iron across the towel/sheet (on top of the wax paper).Ħ. Next, close the wax paper, put it on top of the towel on the ironing board, and then place an old thin sheet or towel on top of the wax paper.ĥ. Heat up your iron and place a towel on top of your ironing board. Add stickers and any other items you want to include (grass, petals, whatever).Ĥ. Place the Fall leaves, crayon shavings, and tissue paper pieces onto one side of the wax paper. Rip up some tissue paper into tiny pieces.ģ. We used the large and small sized grater sides (the smaller sides were easier for little hands).Ģ. Have your child use a cheese grater over a bowl to shave several different colored crayons. Definitely saved a headache during the class!ġ. I had about 8-10 kids doing this in my craft class today, so I prepped all of these ahead of time. I do this by poking a hole in the middle of the picture with a pair of scissors and then I cut outward and around the picture's interior.
Make a frame for your project by drawing an object (we chose an acorn and used an acorn tracer) onto colored cardstock using a white crayon. Materials Needed: colored cardstock for the frame, white crayon, scissors, wax paper, old crayons, cheese grater (old one), iron, ironing board, 2-3 old cloths/towels, tissue paper, stickers, Fall leaves, hole puncher, ribbon, and tape. but didn't want to cut out leaves, so I decided to change it up a little bit and do a similar window using an acorn. I loved this melted crayon stained glass window idea from Kaboose.
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