Monday, February 20, 2012

More Love

Thank you to everyone for contributing to our class party.  A special thanks to Mrs. B and Mrs. G. for "running the show"!  
A good time was had by all!!
Heart Crayons....easy to make!

Cupcake Decorating...they made one for the party
and one to take home!
Handprints...washable paint :-)
Heart Frames...filled with pictures
from Kingdom Week
Literacy Station....Real Words/Nonsense Words
Rounding out the week with a Leo Lionni author study...
after reading "Inch By Inch", we worked in pairs 

and used one inch long, green pipe cleaners
to measure a variety of items.

Friday, February 10, 2012

We LOVE To Learn!

We filled our chart with words that describe "love".

Next, we wrote three descriptive words and the sentence
"God is love!".


Each month, we add several poems to our poetry folders.
We search for missing words 

and use our best hand-writing!

At this station, the children opened ten hearts
to find three-letter words inside.
After placing the letters in the correct order,
the words were written on a recording sheet.

We practiced graphing and counting
by rolling a penguin-covered cube.

Sweethearts candy sorting/graphing/comparing activity

Hearts became flowers in this art lesson.  Each child was given the same materials, but the results were unique and beautiful!


The green wall is masking the amazing results of this experiment.
We predicted that the roses would turn green....
a few friends thought they might turn black!
After 24 hours, the tips and sides of each orange rose had,
indeed, turned green!

"Reach For The Stars" is an extension of 
our behavior clip chart.
Each day that a child ends on orange (great day),
a star is covered on his/her chart.
The children earn visits to the treasure chest
when their charts are full!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

January Recap

Hot cocoa in my cup.
Yum, yum, drink it up!
 
Art Class Project:  Snowman With Perspective

How many snowballs will your name need?
Comparing Numbers

We read color words and counted sets
as we worked at this station.

Art Class Project:
Life In A Snowglobe
We built poems, word by word,
 at the pocket chart wall!
We made crystals with Borax, hot water,
a pipe cleaner, and a string!

Introducing the Prince and Princess from
The Kingdom of Kindergarten
Did you know that a sword can be a trophy?!
Everyone practiced coordination skills with swords!
(plastic)