Sunday, October 19, 2014

PreK and Fancy Guppies

Hi Blue Room Family and Friends,



Teacher Richa starting off PreK for the new school year. The PreK students have their own new PreK notebooks that they work in and they have been taking pride in their work as they are now the older children in the class.


J working on straight vertical lines.


A working on beginning writing skills.


The fancy guppies that the children picked from Petco are beautiful! Their colors are so bright and the children love to watch them swim and chase each other. E working on her observation of the fancy guppies.


If you have ever gone to Petco I'm sure you have noticed that the tanks the fish are kept in describe the type of fish inside, such as if they are friendly, what they like, and anything in particular that you should know about that fish. So we decided to have each child write about their fancy guppy and what they are like.


Making our own unique wild animals - stop by our class wall in the dramatic play area to see our documentation about our animals. I'm always in awe of what the children come up with.


We hav been working on melting and making new multi-colored crayons for a while. First the children peeled all of the crayons. They then sorted them by color.


Then broke the crayons into tiny pieces


And placed the colors they wanted into mini cupcake trays.


We then put them into the oven and let the crayons melt. After they cooled we peeled the paper and tried to color with them. The children really loved seeing the process and the transformation into their new multicolored crayon-cupcakes.


M adding some color to our yard outdoors.


A and L talking while painting.


The paint went from the logs to our legs and arms. The girls were laughing as they mixed colors all over themselves.


E, L, and A looking like Blue Room Smurfs. Paint Hugs!


Lots of laughs and giggles!


The boys working on building their Rocket using cardboard blocks.


J building his structure using wooden blocks


A and E building with foam blocks.

We have been very busy in Blue Room working on being respectful, self-help skills, taking care of our classroom, being good friends, and having fun!

Thank you for all your continued support!

Hugs,

Teacher Kristina