Inch By Inch: The Movie

A little project I whipped up last night! 

What do you think?

Water Study

Water

There is SO much to learn about water. We are just getting started. I was very impressed by what they came up with for why water is important:

Snow, Cleaning, Drinking, Swimming, Ocean, Rain, Puddles, Mud, Plants, Trees, Icicles, Ground, Bodies, Toilet, Washing Dishes, Fish, Homes and Cooking

Here are some of the water related activities that we have been exploring.

Happy Spring!

I'm always amazed at how long they can play with water.

Mud Painting.

Making Fish Puzzles (From the Growing Wild book)

Soup.

Yum Yum.

My painting of the rain cycle :)  

Boats that Float.

Sneaky Pete the Wandering Gnome

In case you haven't heard we had some exciting news last week! 

One of our gnomes snuck out of the school and into "Aunt Steph's" luggage. 

He has been sending us emails of his vacation. The kids were very excited each day to receive a photo of another adventure. :)  Lots of imaginative play started up in the gnome area. They started building houses for the gnomes in hopes that the rest of them wouldn't leave too!

At first they were in disbelief. How could our gnome possibly escape, "he doesn't even have legs!"

Next they thought maybe a leprechaun had hid the gnome in
 the luggage and was taking pictures of him along the way!

Far more believable!

Finally they accepted that it MUST BE MAGIC!
 I honestly don't think there was a single child that was "playing along."
True Believers.

Sneaky Pete was trying to camouflage himself to get a closer look at the lizards.

A LIZARD!

Chillaxin' in the pool.

The preschoolers were very concerned about what types of tracks were on the beach.

See you Soon!

March: Week 2

Sweeping the rock.

Googles and tubing....so many possibilities.

Fishing.

Our Tent.

Our new quiet area.

Piggy-tails.

Girls can't what???

Boots and Hats.

Hodge podge of the last couple weeks

We have been working on E is for Eat and P is for Patterns.  A lot the activities have taken place at circle time and haven't really been picture worthy.
Here are some of the other things that have been going on in the classroom

Very Hungry Caterpillar Sensory Bin

Orvis visits preschool,  but was feeling a bit jealous that The Cat in The Hat was getting so much attention.

Lots of sledding. The only plus side of the constant snowing.

Shaving Cream and Blocks.

Our new targets in the exercise area have lead to the creation of many new games including "Target Parget."

Reggio inspired mosaics in sand.

Mosaics in empty picture frames.

Patterns

Some samples of our pattern journals.

FOOD

Slicing carrots with the wavy chopper.

Cracking Peanuts.

We've been peeling our own "cuties" for snacks

We made homemade bread.

And homemade butter in a jar.