Building a City

Team work and lots of physical activity were the forces driving this lesson. Taking all they know about the tools the children went to work coloring on the light table, painting and stacking boxes to create a city of their own. Some were so proud of their buildings they built separate ones to keep intact and other ones to knock down! What a way to start rainy Monday morning, makes me wish I was a kid again!

Your senses!

This week we approached the children with the 5 senses. They were able to walk through some silky fabric and feathers, make gooey dough, add scent to their paint and play music with handmade instruments...what they saw was colors and fun all week long!

Planting

Spring is here despite the weather and we wanted the children to know it. This week we decided to bring them closer to the season and the earth. We provided organic dirt, shovels, pansies and cups that they could decorate. Each child went home with a flower in their self decorated pot.

We also setup the water table with rocks, foam cut lily pads and fake plants so the children could arrange a pond.

Invisible, Transparent, and Disappearing

Some things are not as they seem. This week Lauren decided to have the children experiment with invisible painting on our light tables with lemon juice and a brush. Afterward we ironed the secret message/design and it was revealed.

We also had them use white crayons to draw and then handed them squirt bottles full of watercolor to once again reveal their design.

Finger painting on wax paper was also provided and created a beautiful stained glass effect.