Highlights of the week:
Monday: On Monday, we worked on more decorations for our Valentine’s Day Party. Before gym the children used eye droppers to carefully add liquid watercolor to coffee filters to eventually make hearts. The children were excited to slowly squeeze the droppers to pick up the purple and pink paint and release it to cover the filters. Additionally, on Monday, the children used folded toilet paper rolls to make a heart shaped stamp. They took the stamps, dipped them into pink and red paint and created little heart decorations for our party.
Tuesday: On Tuesday friends worked on a few different art projects to prepare decorations for Valentine’s Day. In the morning, the children painted over a taped heart with pink and purple paint (and glitter!). After nap, the children were excited to pull the tape off the poster and reveal the heart outline left behind. A few children also decorated construction paper hearts that we hung up on our walls.
Wednesday: On Wednesday we did an interesting Valentine’s Day science experiment with JJ. The children noticed that red and purple skittles were arranged in the shape of a heart on a tray. They watched carefully as JJ poured water over the skittles. They realized that as water was added, the colors were fading off of the skittles and that the water was turning red and purple. They then excitedly ran their hands over the skittles and saw that the color was coming off more and into their hands.
Thursday: On Thursday we celebrated Valentine’s Day with a party! Friends were eager to snack on red foods like: strawberries, grapes, apples, gummies, cupcakes, and babybel cheese.
Friday: On Friday we took a walk around the neighborhood for an alphabet hunt. As we walked, the children were eager to point out letters that they noticed. We saw many Ms, Ws, As, and more. The children also realized that as far as we could remember, we did not see any Zs or Qs. The children have worked hard on their letter recognition and now can find many of the letters on their own.
