Our week commenced with colors where friends loved squirting water colors over paper towels and seeing them spread. They created various tie dye designs while some chose to have fun in their own ways...
What we learned out of the project was the blotting process. Friends were amazed to see the interconnected threads on the paper towels that help the colors spread and blot. We extended this with an analogy of how water go up to the leaves and flowers. To be more objective, we did an experiment with water colors and white roses. We talked and read about how the capillaries in the stems do the same job as the paper towel spreading the color.
It was a learning process and we had to try it out!
We filled vases with colors of the rainbow and added a white rose in each...
We put them on the light table and children drew their observations in their journals while also making different predictions as to whether the rose will change to the color that it drinks or will still remain white.
The next day children were amazed to see how the science of water for plants works and how the flowers drank the colored water and turned out to be more pretty than before.
We cherished the colored roses and expected them to go darker each day. Somehow we figured out that the edges of the petals definitely reflected the darker shades than the rest of the petals. This experiment helped us advance our thoughts to the processes that plants undergo - a part of life science!
Letter B bought us a lot of exploration and fun!
We made letter B collages using foam balls...
We were busy the entire week learning about the cherry blossoms...
We saw a beautiful video how the Japanese culture celebrates it as an event called the Cherry Blossom Festival, and people come from all around the world too see and cherish the beauty of these beautiful trees!
Later we made our own cherry blossom art...
We started with making the background using chalk pastels on thick cardstock. This was a new learning experience of how to use chalk pastels and how to blend them with our fingers since they are powdery and can be rubbed over the paper...
L blending her colors with her fingers...
We then used black Indian ink, and used straws to blow the ink blobs, making the black cherry blossom trunk and stems...
The next day we made our pink and white blossoms using fingerprints...
During the week we made cherry blossom dough using cornstarch and cherry blossom scented conditioner. Each child enjoyed smelling the soothing scent and the texture of the dough.
Everyone helped in kneading little parts of the dough, and together it was a successful project that we later enjoyed creating things with.
Bursting bubble wraps...
Friends used their gross motor skills and enjoyed jumping on the bubbles and hearing them pop one after the other...
While some friends chose to use their fine motor skills and pop them with their fingers...
We even had two birthdays during B week, and friends noticed how birthday starts with a B...
Congratulations E and L on reaching your 4 yrs milestone! We are so proud of you!
E's mom set up a fun party...
We played 'Pin the teeth on Mater' game where children were blindfolded with their masks and...
...they had to pin those bunny teeth ;)
E blew his no 4 candle, and we enjoyed pizzas and cupcakes...
Party fun!
E's mom also shared her rare bug collection with everyone. It was the highlight of the day!
Happy birthday to L too,and thank you for the yummy treats!
We ended our week making delicious banana bread where children got involved in working with measurements, ingredients, and using kitchen tools - the hand smasher being their favorite one!
S smashing fresh bananas...
M mixing up all the final ingredients using a hand whisker...
We ended the week on a very yummy note! Our cooking projects leave us and the room filled with aromas and the hope of making more!
Keep seeing you'll around!
Hugs,
Teacher Rashida
