This school week was short but still full of excitement and exploration.

This week the infant-b students were more than excited to spend the mornings with their 1A friends. They enjoyed circle time with puppets and were so happy to learn a new song- “Little Bunny Fu Fu”. They even joined the 1A class for music, art and gym time.

Curriculum Breakfast- Making Paint!

There has been a burst of new vocabulary words being used in the infant-b classroom as of lately. With most of the chatter taking place during circle time and art.

While engaging in various paint textures, we have observed our friends shouting out the words “sticky”, “Yellow”, “Blue”, “Rough”- along with other descriptive words.

Since the students are showing great interest in exploring and identifying textures, along with being involved in the magical process of creating their own paint material, we thought it would be a perfect idea to have them create and explore different textured paints with their parents.

For our second curriculum day, the parents and students were given three paint recipes to choose from. Each a different texture- sticky, solid/liquid and rough.

As the parents and students choose their paint recipe, the messy fun began!  

It was wonderful to observe the parents and students working together, making the paint and creating beautiful art pieces. Observing the students reactions to the materials and textures was a bonus!

During this curriculum morning event the parents were the observers. Tasked with the honor of observing their child’s verbal, and non-verbal communication during the activity. Parents also observed their child’s facial expressions and body language.

Here are just a few quotes from moms and dads, while observing their child:

-said “whoa”

-said “more”

-said “paper”

-”focused expression”

-”was cautious”

-”was excited”

-”grasping at the materials”

-”Said Feel Feel, Touch, Mix."

- ”Used her fingers gently to touch the flour and tried tasting it. Was excited, but still not sure exactly what we were doing. Wanted to hold onto her paintbrush even though that segment of the project hadn't started yet. She anticipated what would come next.”

Thank you, infant-b families!

Have a lovely weekend.