Jan thru Feb. 2011

Transportation month.....the trainset was brought out for by rail

We made airplanes as a cooking activity for By Air.

This was On Wheels week....

For Valentines week we made frienship heart cookies for our cooking activity.

I used pink because that was the color of the month and of course heart was our shape of the month.....all teachable moments.

Here is shaving cream trays...the trays allow for spacial awareness...and of course I tinted the shave cream pink for clor of the month.

This is a graet literacy activity......gripping a pencil at this time was difficult but look how well he made his R ....building confidence for writing skills.

this was opposites week. I put the cotton balls (soft) and black rocks (hard) in the table...also figured the color contrast would be a great teachable moment ....the kids decided to put the scale in table....they did sort the cotton and rocks...heavier and light but was unable to get a pic in time.....love it when they extend what I add to centers.

Again opposites week.....sink/float activity. YES this is water IN the classroom.....any type of tub will work....get that water in your room....set boundaries...the kids WILL learn where the water belongs!!!

I tiold you a few posts back that by Dec. the real woodworking would begin.....well here it is....and boy is it LOUD!!!!

Water table outside....

 I did a small workshop/presentation about "tray play" this is a tray I set up for plants theme..

another for building fine motor....again pink for color of the month...and hearts for shape.. 

I set this up early for picture purposes...it was two weeks away but this was for bugs and insects theme....Our color of the month changed so I dyed rice yellow and used that as a medium....