it was i week and that meant days of ice play.

getting a 10 pound chunk of ice out of the bag “was hard because one time the plastic stuck to the ice and it is frozen together.”

adding primary colors of food coloring “made green because it works in ice and not just with paint.”

scissors were a great tool for jabbing in then twisting to make tunnels “because it hurts to do that with your fingers.”

adding salt “did something about how it turned to water.”

and yes, those are scissors being used as pokers.  the phrase “situational awareness” is offered a lot at our school, but especially this week!  i was a bit uncomfortable with the scissor stabbing ice, but it proved constructive and just dangerous enough to bring calm.

watch where your friends’ bodies are, watch where your friends’ scissors are, think about where you are poking, think about where you are putting your hand, etc.

no injuries!  amazing!

looking for an inside way to get a lot of energy out, to firm up your legs muscles (i was sore all week), work on number recognition?

make a tape measuring strip and get jumping!

while this was not a contest with each other but a chance to beat one’s personal best, there was one person who jumped WAY farther than anyone else.

and this is the proof that mr matt really did jump 88 inches (imagine a cluster of children on their bellies with me to get a photo).

i should have one of these all the time….and maybe at home too!

one of our projects for the week was making snow babies based on a favorite book, snowballs.

just like the book we were using found objects for facial features.  but how tricky:

the glue lids we were going to use for carrot noses were stuck in ice!

we had to work, work, work to get them out. no injuries were had and we were grateful for warm water to warm up with.

in fact, one class had the idea to put them in the warm water during snack time.  success! freed snow people noses!

then we could glue everything together and deliver them to “snow daddy” mr matt.

oh, snow babies.

 

 

we don’t have a tv at preschool.  we don’t watch shows at preschool.  we do watch ourselves in preschool videos or something on youtube from time to time. but if you had been listening in last week, you would have thought we did have a tv. there was major “let’s play watch tv” going on all week long.

our dryer/oven/microwave was moved and turned into a tv along with a baby bed turned tv stand.

when a book was slid behind the door, that was the movie being watched. there was a lot of cooperative play to turn the pages for the next scene of the movie.

these kids were cozy. look at all that is going on: phone calls (on old rotary phones), baby holding, baby feeding, cuddling, fake sleeping, remote controlling (also known as wooden phone), a lot of volume adjusting on the tv itself and getting the next movie ready.

imaginative play at its best!