Night & Day Animals
During this week, we dove further into the world of night and day animals. Each child was prompted to pick an animal to draw, and then we had a group discussion about the animals. We got some really fun and interesting details from our discussion! (Belle drew a night time cat, and Elle chose a camel- but we didn’t get to talk about them just yet).
“Bat man comes out at night.” – Grayson (Bat man)
“Bear goes ‘ROAR!’ Bear comes outside with other bears. Him eats mine lunch!” – Luca (Bear)
“He comes out at the night. The lion eats my lunch. He eats trees. He has a sharp mouth and sharp teeth.”
-Kennedy (Lion)
“Panda bear cries, like this. Eats food.” –John (Panda)
“He says ‘MOO!’ He eats dinner- tacos and chocolate ice cream.” – Sloane (Cow)
“Woof woof! Catches ball.” – Barak (Doggy)
“It’s a tiny buffalo. The buffalos were in the red jerseys and I watched them on TV with Daddy.” – Roger (Buffalo)
“It flies, up in the sky!” – Finn (Butterfly)
“The owl is right there. It comes out at the night. Hooo! Hooo!” – Riley (owl)
Light & Shadow
We’ve continued to explore with our flashlights in the gym. Here’s a little insight into what’s been happening (you can also read it on our wall in the classroom):
Light and shadow always brings joy and wonder, no matter what your age is. And having power and control over the light and shadow is even more joyful. We have started bringing flashlights upstairs to the gym, where we have more control over how dark it is. Each child has been engaging with their flashlight in different ways. Some are content with simply pointing the light up or down and observing the little circle’s movements. Others have figured out that objects in front of a light create shadows. Still others have been inventing hide-and-seek or i-spy type games where the flashlight aids in discoveries. And there have been small observations, such as the light can hide when you press the flashlight against a surface, but it pops right back out when you lift the flashlight again!
Our exploration will continue, and we will start adding a light projector to our play to see what the shadows might inspire!
Barak was so inspired by his flashlight one morning that he decided to draw it and the resulting trail of light it created.
Other activities this week
We did a science project where we added baby oil, white watercolor, blue watercolor, and glitter together and then dropped in alka seltzer tabs. We created our very own snow storm!
We painted with jumbo marshmallows. It leaves the paint really shiny when dry.
Snowman paintings - shaving cream, glue, and glitter
Making our own salt dough with glitter for a special Valentines project
With Ernestina we learned Brown Bear, Brown Bear in Spanish
With Coach Jojo we made snowballs with the soccer balls and practiced scoring goals
Emily came and sang with us
With Diane we mixed cheerios, craisins, raisins and marshmallows together - and next week we will be working on a Lunar New Year inspired recipe
