Wednesday, September 7, 2011

RED


This week we have been exploring the color...RED. We looked at items Ms. Jennifer had in a basket and found the red ones. Then we used magnifying glasses to look at the things we found.

We searched around the room for red items. Shelby Grace found a red star. Sofie found a red book.

We worked together to make a red collage.


Our collage was full of different textures and materials. We enjoyed feeling the different itesm and using our fingers.
Some of the items we used were:



  • construction paper

  • felt


  • pom poms

  • shiny wrapping paper


  • colored noodles

  • stickers- felt stickers and shiny stickers

  • markers

  • dot painters

  • stamps

  • crayons

  • stamp markers

  • giltter glue

  • glitter markers

  • foam stickers
Some of the skills we used to make our collage were:



  • gluing

  • taping

  • peeling stickers


  • coloring


  • stamping


  • squeezing



    • Didn't it turn out beautiful?

      Building away!







      Hula Hoops

      Check out our gross motor skills. We can jump through hula hoops one at a time.






      We went on a hula hoop walk.





      Watch us twirl our hoops!

      Little smiling faces








      Multi-tasking

      We can walk in a line!













      Sidewalk chalk paint

      What is more fun that drawing with chalk? Painting with chalk. We enjoyed painting the ground.


      We painted the stairs to the dorm.



      We painted the sidewalk and the curb.
      We painted the wall.



      Our dorm friends came by to play too.

      On a hunt with Winnie-the-Pooh

      On library day, Ms. Anderson introduced us to Winnie-the-Pooh. We got to pretend to be his friends and go on a search for Christopher Robin.











      Check out our search.