We had a great Thursday in preschool!
Some friends were hard at work, trying and trying again, to build their creation just right!
Evie improved her writing/drawing skills as she painted a beautiful parrot with watercolors!
Time for some of our pets to visit the groomers!
It takes a lot of planning, persistence, and spatial awareness to build a shark aquarium and pet shelter like these!
To wrap up morning meeting today...yep...that's right...tricky mouse is back! This week he brought upper and lower case letters to hide under!!! But, can't fool us, we knew all these letters and found him every time!
We were so excited that the rain decided to stay away this morning so we could enjoy large motor time in the nice, fresh outside air!
It's science time, and Scientist Mudd had returned. Our friends cheered me on and helped me count as we added drops of food coloring to make red, yellow, and blue water. (the other 3 cups remained empty)
Then each child gave his/her prediction as to what would happen if the water was mixed together:
Then, back to our colored water. I was cheered on again as I added paper towels reaching from one cup to the other, creating a color wheel...
Then we WAIT!!! These experiments where we have to wait are tough...but we are learning that sometimes things don't happen right away...sometimes we have to be patient and wait! Scientist Mudd gave us some instructions before she left: Remember to look at the color wheel every hour or so and take a picture.
So...we did just that...one hour later:
The paper towels are drawing the colored water into the empty cups and the colors begin to mix!
And about 2 1/2 hours later:
We were excited to see a full color wheel created from primary colors:
Red and yellow = orange
Yellow and blue = green
Blue and red = purple
Time for small groups (centers)!
Mrs. Mudd assessed sorting skills as each friend sorted jelly beans. Most friends figured out very quickly that sorting by color was the best way to go!
After sorting the jelly beans, each friend had to count how many of each color he/she had. Then, each friend colored in that number of squares for each color, creating his/her very own jelly bean graph! We did an EXCELLENT job with these early math skills!
With Mrs. Dose we experimented a bit more to see what would happen if we mixed certain colors together using crayons! There were 3 overlapping circles. We colored one red, one blue, and one yellow (primary colors). What colors do you have now???
We improved our large motor movement and ability to listen and follow directions while dancing along to Jim Gill songs!
We finished out our morning with one more outside time to get our wiggles out before lunch!
During Jesus Time today we remembered that Jesus showed His love for us in many ways. He wore a crown of thorns. He died upon a cross. He saved us from our sins!
Thanks for checking out our day!
