The Daily Update – Page 195

u is for umbrella

here we have colored rain on pre-cut umbrella shaped paper… we made rain by mixing liquid watercolors. a teacher poured little pools of paint and the preschoolers blew through straws to move the paint around. we were sure to take breaks for some deep, slow breathing. : )

v is for vehicle

using cars, trucks, anything with wheels, we made tracks by running these wheeled vehicles through blobs of paint. i taped paper on the entire table and drew a simple “road” ahead of time. then i would drop blobs of paint as needed….you can imagine those became oil slicks (time to talk about pollution), rain puddlesContinue reading “v is for vehicle”

s is for store

or g is for grocery store or f is for food store or m is for market or… on the last days of school i put out the cash register, pads of paper, pencils, receipt books, and a sign showing the symbols of money (how exciting for those who have mastered the “s” and “c”Continue reading “s is for store”

s is for stick art

once again, the magic of glue. we put out saucers of glue and invite preschoolers to dip sticks in and spread glue as needed. then begins the creation of craft stick sculptures. we talk about dimensions as we build these basically flat creations. i still see a small one hanging in a preschool mama’s carContinue reading “s is for stick art”

s is for secondary colors

really, this can be called c is for color or b is for blue or y is for yellow or g is for green or r is for red or o is for orange or p is for purple, because it is an activity we do in the study of secondary colors. we put aContinue reading “s is for secondary colors”