As the children continued to show interest in animals, the educators thought of new ways to stimulate their curiosity. First, we used clay and sticks to make our favorite animal figures. Nico and Mercer tried to make their tiger and giraffe by connecting two pieces of clay using a stick. It quickly became the animals' head and body. They also remembered that each animal had a set of eyes and ears. They took small pieces of clay to make the eyes and ears for their animal figures.
On another day, the educators prepared a black and white picture that had a missing animal in the middle. The children's job was to paint each missing animal; tiger, giraffe, elephant, and polar bear. They chose colors of paint that they believed each animal should be and painted the missing animals. By providing different mediums of art, the children were able to express their own understanding of each animal. We can't wait to learn more about all the different kinds of animals!
In this past week, we have focused on reading the morning message each day. Not only was it informative and fun, but it was also a great way to study letters. On Tuesday, we had a couple of children come up and trace the missing letters. Then the next day, we had twelve missing letters from the morning message! All of the children had to go on a scavenge hunt to find those letters in the classroom. By incorporating a fun game like the scavenger hunt, the children felt the joy of learning about alphabet letters.
Field Trip Friday
We went to the Children’s Museum of the Arts today! The children were excited to go, but especially about going on the subway! Once we got to the museum, we met Katie who was our teaching artist. She showed us around the gallery and explained how the artists were inspired to make creations using different kinds of books. Then we entered the studio and were ready to make some cool collages of our own. The children expressed their creativity by using different art materials to make their houses, playground, lion, mommy and daddy's room etc. It was a successful field trip day!
