Trinity Preschool Activities for Friday, January 11, 2013

Maple Room: Willow Room

We read "Alphabet Mystery" by Audrey Wood
We are beginning to learn about one or two alphabet letters each week with our MWF class.

We did a group art project, we used large letters and tempra paint and covered the table with a large sheet of paper.  We dipped the letters in the paint and pressed them onto the paper.

We had dab a dot painters at the easel.

We did "Dog in school" and "List of dances" for music time.

We looked at items that start with the letter A and talked about the sound the letter A makes.

We asked the children if they have the letter A in their name.


Maple Room: Morning class

We read "The snowy day" by Ezra Jack Keats

We did ice cube painting with frozen water colors on water color paper.
We had snowflake shapes at the easel with blue, purple, and silver glitter paint and a few different style of brushes.

We did a fun activity using baking soda and vinegar with watercolors added to make them colorful.  The children used eye droppers to drip the colored vinegar onto a tray covered with baking soda.  The chemical reaction of the baking soda and vinegar causes a foamy flurry of color.  (see pictures in another blog post)

We practiced writing the letter L on dry erase boards.

We played a roll a snowman dice game to learn numbers. and we did find the snowflake with numbers 1-5.

We did "The January song, "winter song". "5 little snowman" , "Pass the snowball" , "Today is Monday" and "List of dances" for music time.

Maple Room- afternoon class

We read "The snowy day" by Ezra Jack Keats

We did ice cube painting on water color paper.
We had snowflakes at the easel with purple, silver and blue glitter paint.

We did "The January song", "Winter song", 5 little snowman" , "Today is Monday",  and the "Months song" for music time.

We had the baking soda and vinegar activity described for the morning class above.

Oak Room- Pre- K class

We read "Sneezy the snowman" by Maureen Wright and "Sleep big bear, sleep" by Maureen Wright

We made snowmen today.  The children cut circles out of white paper and glued them onto dark blue paper to make a snowman.  We then used a snowflake stamper with white paint to add snowflakes to our snowman picture.  The children used markers to add details to the snowman too. (see pictures in another blog post)

We built a snowman out of ice balls.  We had frozen water in balloons and cut away the balloons.  Then we sprinkled salt onto the largest one and stuck the middle size one on top of it.  The we added more salt and stuck the smallest one on top.  We added a hat, some tissue paper buttons, and a scarf to make an adorable ice snowman. (see pictures in another blog post)

We had ice blocks and the children used salt colored with powder paint and some water with eye droppers to melt the ice blocks. (see pictures in another blog post)

We had alphabet beads out for lacing today.

We did some snowman rhymes, and some bean bag activities for music time today.

We also measured out frozen balloons to compare it to the balloon filled with water befor ewe froze them.

Stay & Play:

We read "The magical snowman" by Catherine Walters
We mixed powdered paint with dish soap in small cups.  The result looks like oil paint.

We did "The mack chicken dance" and since it was a rainy winter day- we also did "Leaky umbrella" with shakers.

We played the chutes and ladders game.

 

Trinity Preschool Summer Camp June 2012

We have been having fun with camp, last week the weather was cool and now it is HOT!  But the children have had fun no matter what the weather!  Today we brought out the sprinklers and hoses and I just love the excited sounds of laughter.  We also had water tables, art and plenty of quiet activities too.

Sand in trays with dinosaurs and small accessories

water play with new items added daily to change it up

We added paint to water and put it in spray bottles for the children to squirt at large sheets of paper.

We have peg board ties to the fence for our outdoor easels.  Wworks great.

Fly swatter painting- always a hit!

We put out powder paint and cups with water.  The children dip their brush in water and then in the powder paint.

Clear plastic containers of water with and eye droppers with liquid water colors.

The picture made from the fly swatters being whacked against the paper.

Getting ready for truck painting in large boxes.

Water play every day!

Truck painting in large boxes- they could roll the trucks with their hands, or two friends could pick up the box and roll the truck back and forth.

Ice blocks with watercolors

Ice sure is fun in the summer heat.

Paint on ice- Maple room

We froze blocks of ice and put regular tempra paint in ice cube trays with paint brushes. The way the paint froze onto the surface of the ice gave a unique look and texture. This was all put int the sensory table.

Ice cube painting - Maple Room

We froze liquid water colors into ice cubes with popscicle sticks. The we used them on water color paper. As the ice cube melts, the colors become vibrant.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Welcome back and Happy New year to the rest of our families who returned to us today. We were happy to see everyone.


Stay & Play: We read "Sneezy the snowman" by Maureen Wright
We painted with different objects that are circle shape in various sizes- we dipped them in glitter paint.

We used rhythm sticks for music time today- we did "The tempo marches on by Jim Gill, and the feelings song, by Hap Palmer. We also did Turn around by Hap Palmer.

We played in the pretend bear cave set up in the Oak room.


Willow Room- MWF class

We read "The Dot" by Peter H Reynolds and we asked the children about their holiday break?

We painted using tempra paint and regular brushes. They children really love to paint!

We sang "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear"; "Put your finger in the air" and "Little Fish"

We had a lot of great sharing during art time today. The children shared paint and traded colors with each other. Great manners.

Maple Room:

"The snowy day " was our book today by Ezra Jack Keats. This is a classic story! We had a beautiful non snowy day today outside though! We might even get out to play later in the week if it stays so nice.

We did ice cube painting with frozen water colors on watercolor paper. We froze watercolor water in ice cube trays with popscicle sticks in them. Then the children paint with them and as they melt a little, the vibrant colors show up on the paper.

We had snowflake shapes at the easels with clue, purple and silver glitter paint.

We did the months song, the January song, the winter song, pass the snowball, list of dances and today is Monday! A lot of music!

We did letter J activities and we played a roll the snowman dice game.

We also froze some winter objects in ice and the children dripped water onto the blocks of ice using eye droppers to free the objects.

Oak Room:

We read "One winter's day" by Christina Butler and "One Winter's Night" by Claire Freedan

We worked on our journals with practicing writing the letter N and drawing a picture of something that starts with the letter N.

We sang "The Cool Bear hunt" and "Snowman, snowman, turn around".

We did a science experiment today- we talked about how animals build up fat for the winter and to show how that helps them stay warm we took an ice cube and held it- it was cold. Then we had crisco in a baggie and placed it on our hand, then put the ice cube on top of it. We cold not even feel the cold at all. It was like a layer of fat to keep us warm.