Teacher Richa had brought to our class a great branch from a wine grape plant. Our friends were eager to turn it into something exciting! When asked about what they want to do, the majority replied saying that to them it looked like a chandelier and they wanted to make a chandelier for the classroom. So preschool friends together decided to turn this into a community project where each one's creativity would reflect their unique personalities.
Friends first scraped the tiny bark off to give it a smooth texture. They enjoyed ripping, scraping, and even brushing the bark off the branch.
At circle time, it was fun to see how each one perceived the branch in their own way. Some of the answers that came up were that it looks like a chandelier, an antler, a spooky tree, an owl's home, a laid down ladder, a hurdle jump, and letter Y. Interesting perceptions!
Continuing the community project, friends came over one by one to pick their choice of string with a pretty bell chime tied to the end.
Next they chose their choice of beads. We had a lot of varieties like glass beads to reflect the sun, rainbow beads, wooden beads, golden and silver accent beads, regular plastic beads, different shaped beads, and custom beads that our friends made a week prior out of clay which were then baked to harden!
They worked together in their own trays creating patterns or just randomly choosing beautiful beads to go together.
They we so engrossed in casting their string of chime...
Finally, friends decopauged their photos onto little tiles that were hung on the other end. They also created some clay figures to go on the back of the tile, so one side of the tile had their picture and the other side had their clay figure.
Next, we added lights and tada! Our chandelier was the most mesmerizing thing to admire. It was so magical that friends hit on it gently just to hear the soft chime. Blue Room went through the same process so that our chandelier is really a preschool community project. What fun work!
From caterpillars to butterfly...
Our friends continued to keep a track of the caterpillars' life cycle by doing weekly observations. Soon, the caterpillars went into their chrysallises. For our friends, it was such a sight to behold!
We transferred them from the jar to their net habitat. They were still under the keen observation of our friends who waited each day to see them hatch. Friends already started collecting flowers and deciding what fruits to put in when the butterflies would be out! Caring is such a big part of their lives!
Exploring gak made from clear glue is an adventure in itself! Friends got involved in discussing the science behind mixing different ingredients and seeing how glue when combined with borax and hot water can transform into such an exiting mixture - SLIME!
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