Mixing Colors

This morning the children had the opportunity to to mix paint in the maple room. They first started off with three colors Red,Yellow,and Blue. From there they began mixing colors together to create more colors for the children to choose from throughout the day. They also used the color wheel as a guide to choose colors they wanted to make.

"Lets see what makes purple."  Livy and Lilly

"Blue and red."

"I want to make purple." 

"Look we made purple."

"Now let's make a lighter orange."

All the colors they mixed today red,yellow,dark and light green pink, dark and light orange,dark and light blue, purple.

Michigan Standard of Quality:Early Learning Expectation: Knowledge about the Earth. Children show a beginning awareness of scientific knowledge related to the earth.Safe opportunities to change and observe change in things; e.g., taking apart old machines, tinkering with nuts and bolts, mixing colors, cooking, growing plants, weighing things

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Homeroom Helpers!

Each morning before group time, children start their days in specific classrooms. This is called a child's homeroom. Some children whose homeroom is the Walnut Room helped make sand slime this morning.

Jace, Graham, and James took turns adding 1 cup of liquid starch, 1 cup of glue, and some glue. Afterwards, the children helped mix all the ingredients together. Anaya came to join them.

"It's so sticky," Jace said.

"I'm using both hands, and Anaya is using one hand," Graham said.

Teaching Strategies Gold, Objective 3: Participates cooperatively and constructively in group situations

Jessica Theis

Building Relationships on the Playground

Today on the playground, many children were  including each other and working together to get around the area on wagons and bikes. Some even made a small train of wagons. It was a great day!

"This is our train. I'll push us!" - Asher

"I'm peddling fast!" - Rohan

"Can I get on?"- Lexie

"Yep!" - Divine

"Hold on, Ariona!" - Ella

Teaching Strategies: Establishes and sustains positive relationships; Interacts with peers.

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The Sound of Music

Throughout the day many children enjoyed the sound of music. Many children played with the instruments in the hallway. From the lollipop drums to the maracas to the xylophone. Ella even made her own instrument and showed the teacher how it should be used.

   

 "Look at the instrument that I invented. See." -Ella

Some children expressed their musical interests in the Pine room with the microphones. 

"It's invisible! Strawberry made out of suns." -Lila Beau 

"Stars shinning in the sky." -Katherine 

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Teaching Stradegies Gold 34: Explores musical concepts and expression

Art Studio Fun

This morning the Maple Room was full of fun. 

Kids participated in several activities that included water painting, painting at easels, car painting, collages, puzzles and more.

"I'm using green because it is my favorite color!" explained Graham.

"The whole leaf will be green," he continued.

Graeme said, "I'm putting blue dots on mine."

"The dots are spreading out now!" realized Graeme.

"This is my leaf I used a lot of colors." said Carter.

Teaching Strategy #33 explores the visual arts

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Clay Exploration

The clay table was very popular today in the Maple Room!

 "I'm making four eggs for my nest. I know what it looks like because my old teacher showed me a picture of a bird egg before." -Ella

 "I'm putting mittens on his hands." -Asher

 "Ew. It's like there's mud!" -Kayden

When it was time to clean up, Logan was interested in why the clay needs to be kept damp. "What happens when it dries out?", he asked. Logan found a dried piece of clay and said, "It's hard! You can't squish your fingers in it if it gets all dried."

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Michigan State Standard: Creative Arts. Early Learning Expectation: Visual Arts. Children show how they feel, what they think, and what they are learning through experiences in visual arts.

Welcoming Harper's Mom

On October 31st, Harper's mother came in to the school to read a book for the children. With it being October 31st, she read a story about a witch that planted pumpkin seeds. The pumpkin grew to be giant, therefore the witch had to receive help from a few of her friends. As she read the story, she sang, changed her voice around, and had a giant witch puppet to keep the children engaged. Thank you for sharing Harper's mom!

"The pumpkin's too big" -Asher

"The pumpkin just sat!" -Spencer

"My favorite part is when they all pulled the pumpkin and it flew out" -Graeme

Teaching Strategies Gold:

Objective 18: Comprehends and responds to books and other texts

A. Interacts during read-alounds and book conversations

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