Water Wall and rain gutter ramps means Summer camp fun with water play

We made this water wall by attaching tubes and bottles with the bottoms cut off to a peg board with zip ties.
It is secured to the table with bungee cords and is sitting in a plastic tub with water in it.  

This is one of our sand tables with two rain gutters propped up on a picnic table and on top of foam pieces secured with bungee cords.  The children put boats, balls, plastic ducks, etc in the gutters and pour water in the gutter using the cups and tennis ball tubes.  They also use the tubes to catch the balls and boats as they come down the ramps.

We added a variety of small balls, some get stuck in the bottles and can even block the water.  We placed the bottles and tubes at various angles too to create more challenges.

May 28, 2013- check out pinterest

I am planning to recap the last few weeks of school and also will post about our wonderful summer camp activities when it starts on June 11.  I also plan to do some more pictures of activities and write about how we do some of our themes.  I also encourage those looking for pictures of classroom activities, art ideas and bulletin boards to check out our pinterest page at http://pinterest.com/preschoolmp/

For now, the teachers are back at school cleaning and organizing for fall!  Have a wonderful summer, keep reading, keep being excited about learning.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, May 16, 2013

Willow Room- Terrific 2's and 3's 

We listened to a book on  CD called "A color if his own" by Leo Lionni

We asked the children "Do you have a garden?"

We painted with flower sponge shapes to make our own flower gardens.  We had spring stencils at the easel with markers.

We did "I like my hat", 'From seed to plant", and "sticky bubble gum"for music today.

We read a 10 little lady bugs book and we played a color game of which color flower is the bee hiding behind?

Maple Room: 

We read "It looked like spilt milk" by Charles Shaw

We played an alphabet bingo game based on chicka chicka boom boom and we did  math addition game as well.

We did "Can't sit still" and "clap, clap clap your hands" for music today.

Oak Room:

We read "One rainy day" by M Christina Butler and "Ella, of course" by Sarah Weeks

We did an ABC chart, each child glues pictures of things that start with the letter in the right spot to complete our chart.
We painted an umbrella shape and then we sprayed it with water to see what would happen.

We had roll on painters at the easel.

We did "Leaky umbrella", and a fun, fun song called "I know a chicken"

We had out a patterning center, a phonics box, match the beginning letter to picture, and ABC magnets out.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Willow Room:  MWF class

We read "Muncha, Muncha, Muncha" by Candace Flemng and G Brian Karas

We asked the children "Do you have a garden at home?

We painted with fruit shape sponges to make fruit baskets.  We had spring shaped stencils at the easel.

We did the song "From seed to plant" (the tune is the farmer in the dell); "I like my hat", and "Sticky bubble gum" for music time.

we looked at things that start with the letters X,Y and Z. We did a hyme "Five buzzing bumble bees.

Maple Room- morning class:

We read "The best nest" by PD Eastman

We made bird feeders using biscuits and bird seed.  We had turtle shapes at the easel with green glitter paint, glue and tissue paper.

We did The May song, we used instruments and did "Old MC Donald had a band" and "Tap your toe and follow me" for music time.

We looked at a areal bird's nest and played a color game of "Where is the rainbow?"

Maple Room- afternoon class:
We read the XYZ books and we worked in our books on those letters.  We also read the book "The best nest" by PD Eastman.  We had paint and brushes at the easel.

We did animal actions, wheels on the bus using ABC's for music time.

Oak Room: pre- k class

We read "The Berenstain Bears Go Green" and we read "Bear wants more"

We painted with green peppers cut in half crosswise, they look like flowers.

We did "animal actions", "tommy thumb is up" and the May song" for music time today.

We have a garden center in our dramatic play area.

Stay & Play:

We read "Corduroy goes to the beach" by Don Freeman

We painted using egg whisks and primary colors of paint.

We did "As I was walking to town" and "Shake a friend's hand" for music time.

We played a color game of find the bee hiding behind the colored honey pot.

Trinity Preschool Activities for Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Willow Room- Terrific 2's and 3's class

We read "Baby Bird's First Nest" by Frank Asch

We asked the children "Have you ever seen a real bird's nest?" and we looked at a real bird's nest.

We did fingerpainting with blue and white glitter paint.  We had watercolors at the easel.

We sang "The pirate song", "Tommy Thumb", and "Swimming Fish" 

We did some rhymes about turtles and rabbits.

Oak Room_ Pre- K class

We read "Mortimer's First Garden" by Karma Wilson and "Bear feels sick" also by Karma Wilson

We cut out a sun flower shape and we also planted sun flower seeds in a cup.

We did "Put your finger on", "There was an old lady",&  "Come and get a smiley face" for music time.

We also read "Miss Spider's Cloudy day in a sunny patch" 

Trinity Preschool Activities for Thursday, May 9, 2013

Willow Room- We had our special Mother's Day party today.

Maple Room:  Thursday class

We read "Diary of a worm" by Doreen Cronin

We did shape matching games, and an opposite matching activity today.

Oak Room: Pre- K class

We read "No roses for Harry" by Gene Zion

and "The Berenstain Bears and the Baby Chipmunk" by Stan and Jan Berenstain

We made flower print pictures with toilet paper tubes cut and spread out. Then we dipped them in paint and made a print on paper.  We had muffin cups and pom poms for the middles of the flowers.

We did some building sticks and did a big Arthur 60 piece puzzle.

We practiced our songs for Mother's Day and did a rhyming match up puzzle- they had to find their partner with the matching rhyming word.

We did the estimating jar- how many pegs?

Trinity Preschool Activities for Monday, May 13, 2013

Willow Room: MWF class

We read "Baby Bird's First Nest" by Frank Asch

We talked about Bird's nests and asked the children "Have you ever seen a real bird's nest?"

We made our very own bird's nest by using a scrunched up paper bag, feathers, paper towel, and grass, straw and yarn. (see last year post for picture- look up paper bag bird nests)

We did "Clap your hands and follow me" , "The Pirate song", and "Tommy Thumb" for music.

We did our W word chart.

We did a turtle rhyme, and a bunny rhyme.

Maple Room- morning class

We read "A rainbow of my own" by Don Freeman and "What makes a rainbow" by Betty Ann Schwartz

We made our own rainbows .  We gave them dabs of red, yellow and blue paint and they placed a sheet of wax paper on top and squished it.  The colors spread and blended.  
We had roller ball painting  at the easel.

We did Herman the Worm, the May song, and Over the deep blue sea for music time.

We gave the kids small cups with water in it and shaving cream on top.  The children were given eye droppers with watercolors and they dripped them on top of the shaving cream.  The colors dripped through the shaving cream and colored the water.  It also colored the shaving cream.

We had colored spaghetti in the sensory table.

Maple Room - afternoon class

We read " The Berenstain Bears and the big red kite" by Stan and Jan Berenstain

We did a painting activity with rollers that have designs on them.  This involved big arm movements to cover the paper.  
We had roller painters at the easel.

We did The May song, The Pirate song, and Herman the Worm for music time.

Oak room:

We read "The best nest" by P.D. Eastman and we read "Harriet and the Garden" by Nancy Carlson

We made a rainbow Garden- the children used these stiff brushes to paint "dirt" onto their paper- (a mixture of paint with flour and salt).  Then they added tissue paper flowers to their dirt.

We did a rhyming sounds match up puzzle, small legos, and puzzles out today.

We did "Pretty flowers stand up" ( a color song) and we did "Tap your toe and follow me" .  We also did the May song.

We checked on our growing grass.

Stay & Play: 

We read "The bravest fish and the cave monster"  a book on cd

We finger painted with black and white paint to illustrate storm clouds.

We did deep in the jungle and used drums.