Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Maple Room- MWF class

"I spy with my little eye" by Edward Gibbs is the book we read today.  We painted on paper with a hole cut in the middle of it.  The children had to decided how to deal with a hole in their paper.

We did fingerpainting at the easel with red, yellow and blue paint.Tullet

We did the October song, and Scat the Cat for music time.

We also read the book "Press Here" by Herve

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "Apple Farmer Annie" by Monica Wellington, a book about apples.
We talked about what we can make out of apples.

We cut open 3 apples, big, medium and small, and counted how many seeds were in each apple.  The middle size apple had the most seeds.

We glued paper seeds onto an apple shape for art today.

We had paint at the easel with paint brushes today.

We also read the book "Tap the magic tree" by Christie Matheson

We made apple sauce today and will use it to make apple turnovers next week.  The children helped cut the apples into small pieces with plastic knives.

We did Wheels on the bus, driving here, driving there, ad Sammy for music today.

We looked at some potatoes and carrots that came straight from a farm and how dirty they are, and also looked at ones from the store.

Oak Room- Pre- K class
We read "Autumn's First Leaf" by Steve Metzger and also "There was an old lady who swallowed some leaves" by Lucille Colandro

We used an eye dropper to drip watercolors onto a paper towel.  We will cut them into leaf shapes to hang around the room.

We did our letter F mystery bag today of things that start with the letter F.

We did crayon rubbings with real leaves at the easel.

We did "sticky bubble gum" and "Brown Bear" for music today.

Stay and Play:

We read "Bringing down the moon" by Jonathan Emmett

We painted with Duplo Blocks dipped in paint

We did a shape game,  and tap your toe and follow me for music today.

Shaving cream and water color pictures

This cool process was fun to watch the kids as they explored what happened.  Some wanted to use all the colors, some had puddles of color on the trays, some chose exactly where they wanted each color.  They had fun using the tools to move the color around too.  The end result may not look like much when it dries, but they sure had fun with the process. 

We squirted shaving cream onto trays and the children added watercolors.

They love using eye droppers to add the color (we use diluted liquid water colors form Discount school supply) 

After adding ht colors, the children used hair picks, toothpicks, popscicle sticks, etc to spread the colors around.

After they finished we took a print to transfer the paint and shave cream to the paper.  We are not sure yet, how they will dry, but this was totally about the process.

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Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, October 18, 2013

Oak Room- 5 day pre- k class

We read "Leaf Trouble" by Jonathan Emmett

We painted on real leaves today and made a print of it.  The children paint on the back of the leaf so the veins of the leaf get paint on them.This is what makes the best print.

Painting on real leaves

We did an opposites game, we put opposite cards on the floor and each child gets to take one.  Then they look for the person who has their opposite.  We will have these at the table as an activity next week.

We did a 5 little leaves rhyme, and "let's pretend" for music time.

We thought of words that start with the letter F.

Maple Room- MWF class

We read "The legend of Spookley the square Pumpkin" by Joe Troiana

We made fall wreaths with tissue paper and leaves.  We had pumpkin shapes at the easel with paint and brushes.

Leaf and tissue paper wreaths.  Glue and paint mixture to hold items onto a wreath shape paper plate

We did a group number recognition game "find the airplane" numbers 1-20.

We did "the October song", "leaves on the tree", "5 pumpkins on a gate", and "pumpkin in the straw" for music time today.
 

Willow Room- MWF class

We read the story of "The little red hen" by Paul Galdone.  We asked the children "Do you help your mom/dad/Grandma bake or cook?

We painted with funny brushes in fall colors.  At the easel we painted barn shapes with rollers.

We did "Old McDonald had a farm", "Shoo Fly" and "Everybody clap your hands" for music time.

We did a 5 little apples rhyme and we have the corn in our sensory table.

Stay and Play

We listened to a book on CD called "Zomer" by Ned Young

We squirted shaving cream on a tray.  Then the children used eye droppers to drip water colors on top.  Then we stirred it with a stick to swirl the colors.  We made a print of the paint.

Shaving cream squirted onto tray and the children drip water colors.  (see additional post for more pictures)

We did a car, car song, and used tambourines, we drew a story using a song. 
We played Uno as a group game.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, January 14, 2013

Willow Room- MWF class

We read "Ice cream Bear" by Jan Alborough
We asked the children "Do you like ice cream?" "Which flavor is your favorite?"

We painted with back rollers dipped in white tempra paint and rolled on white paper.  It looks like a snowy scene.

We painted snowflake shapes at the easel.

We did The sammy songm Tommy Thumb, and a song with letters.

We made a chart of words that we could think of that started witht he letter A.  We also glued pictures of things that start with the letter A that children brought into school onto our alphabet picture chart.

Maple Room- morning class

"Diamond in the snow " by Jonathan Emmett wasdid  our story today.

We did icicle painting today.  We traced their hand and forearms on a paper to make a tree and used watered down paint with eye droppers to drip like icicles.

We painted on pieces of foil at the easel.

We did the January song, letter sounds nad acted out 5 little snowmen for music time.

We did letter M activities , guessed what the letter monster ate that started with the letter M, ans asked if they have the letter M in their name.

Maple Room- afternoon class

we read "The mitten" by Jan Brett

We cut out mitten shapes and had the children drip paint onto half of the mitten with an eye dropper.  We folded them over and pressed the paper together, so we had matching mittens.

We did come and get a mitten, cat lost his mitten, 10 mittens hanging on a line, and read a counting fgogs book for music time.

Oak Room: Pre- K class

We read "The mitten" by Jan Brett and "When will it snow?" by Kathryn White
We cut out a mitten shape and dripped some paint onto one half.  Then we folded it over nad  pressed it togehter to make a matching pair of mittens.

We did "Come andget a smiley mitten", a cat lost his mittens rhyme for music time.

We are learning about the letter N.  We added a tent to our dramatic play as a bear cave.

We had a science activity out today.  We had trays with bakaing soda on them and the children used eye droppers to drip colored vinegar onto it.  It fizzes.  Fun.

Stay & Play:

We read "Ten on the sled" by Kim NOrman ( a book on tape)
We drew pictures with oil pastels.
We did a group game with colors and shapes- a BINGO game.

We did "Ribbons in the air" using bells and ribbons and Loco motion " a train dance around the room.

We have purple sensory sand and a tent for the hibernating bears.

Baking soda and vinegar activity

The children dripped vinegar with water colors added onto a tray with baking soda on it.  The result foamed and colored the baking soda.  Great for fine motor play too.  The children were fascinated by this.

Ice explorations- Maple room

We froze small winter objects in bowls of ice. Then we put them in our sensory table with eye droppers in some light blue water. The children used the eye droppers to drop water onto the ice and "free" the objects.

Oak Room Science- Color Mix with red, yellow and blue

The children were first shown how to do this at group time, and then a teacher sat with two children at a time so they could try it out. Each child was given three colors (red, blue, and yellow)and two empty cups.

They were instructed to take two of the colors and pour a little of each into one of the empty cups (you could also let them use eye droppers). They then talked about what new color they created. They repeated the process with two different colors in the other empty cup. They emptied the cups, rinsed them out and tried a new combination of colors.