Friday 11 March 2016

Letter P Day

Purple Pansy Suncatchers

Pepper Printing
Soon they will transform into Shamrocks!

Pie Fruit Sorting

Snap Pea Counting

Popcorn Search
Trying to find all the Letter P objects!

Baking Pumpkin Muffins

Pancake Letter Matching

Build a Pizza Game
Pot of Gold Counting

Pig Puzzle

Portraits with Pastels


Purple P Word search

Pete the Cat Fine Motor Practice

Thursday 10 March 2016

Unicorn Room Springtime

Puzzle: The Anatomy of a Plant
 
Painting with Leaves

Rainbow Watercolour Drawing
Felt Markers dipped in Water

Watercolour Painting Egg Cartons
The beginnings of our Spring Blossom Chandelier



Umbrella Art
First, eye droppers are used to drop paint onto the paper.
Next, we use straws to blow the paint and create beautiful, colour mixed designs!


Rainbow Light Table

Pouring, mixing, and funneling with flowered water.

The Carnation Experiment worked!
Students observed, over a few days, the transformation of white carnations into coloured ones, as the flowers drank up coloured water.

Duplo turned into springtime puzzles

Counting out gem raindrops on umbrellas
 

Lavender scented "Flower Soup" in the water table

Plant Biology observations and explorations

Fine Motor Seed and Bean Sorting

Seed and Bean Collage Art!

Spring Rainbow Sensory Table

Planting our own beans!
First, the soil goes in...

...Next we choose a bean...

...Finally, the seed is planted!

The Life Cycle of a Plant
Sequencing

Checking in on our Rain Gage!
Each day, the students eagerly check to see how much rain has fallen.

Clay and Natural Elements
at the art table
 

Roll the Dice to count the rain drops

Making tulips from forks and paint

 

Raincloud Science
Step 1:  Fill a large glass container with water. 
Top with shaving cream (like a cloud)
Fill it with coloured water (Rain drops)

Step 2:  Watch as the "cloud" becomes heavy with the coloured water and drip down like rain!
 
 
 

Rainbow Letter |Recognition and Pre-Writing Practice


Rainbow Line Tracing

Rainbow Fine Motor Practice

Rainbow Colour Spectrum
Baking soda cubes that fizz when we add vinegar

Hands On Rainbow Painting

Flowers at the Easel

Lowercase and Uppercase Flowers
Plant the flowers into their matching flower pot

Lacing Flower necklaces
 

Wednesday 9 March 2016

Orca Room Construction

Three Little Pigs Art
Straw, Sticks, and Red Sponge Bricks

Three Little Pigs
Hands on Construction

Three Little Pigs
Retelling the story helps build memory recall skills, language, and imagination!
The Construction Corner is bustling with activity!

Lincoln Log construction in the sand table



The Construction corner is bustling with activity


Hard at work in the construction zone
 
Bridge building

 

Toothpick and JuJube Construction


Fine Motor number recognition and writing practice

Recycled Materials are perfect for budding architects

 

Fine Motor and pre writing practice


 More collaborative bridge work

 
Glow Stick and Paper Towel Roll construction

Placing orders in our work area

Colour Matching Nuts and Bolts
 

 

Weight and Balance Exploration

Hammer and Nails Practice


 

Bulldozers hard at work through the moonsand