We had a fun week exploring St. Patrick's Day and rainbows. We learned about the biblical meaning of a 3 leaf clover and we made wishes upon 4 leaf clovers. We did lots of fun science activities and worked on the numbers 3, 4, and 6.
Thursday:
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| My sweet little leprechauns wearing matching green outfits!! |
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| Gumby and his final adventure this year! |
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| Leo whisked away Gumby until next year! |
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| Pokey's final adventures! |
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After learning about clovers and reading a fun leprechaun poem...we made puffy paint clovers!
This recipe of paint includes equal parts of: green paint, shaving cream, and glue! |
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| Nothing like watching these sweet kiddos play, "ring around the rosies!" |
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| A lucky snack! |
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| Thanks sweet girl for bringing all these "green" foods! |
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Skittles and Math
I handed the kiddos skittles...and they sorted and graphed.
This is a great activity to ask problem solving questions! These questions include: How many, Which has the most, Which has the least. Simple adding problems are great for this age group too! |
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| Friends! I love when they help one another! Another great part of this activity is...these kiddos did this entirely on their own! Graphing and sorting at the age of 3...just plain amazing! |
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| Of course I sent the Skittles and graph home to you so the kiddos could show you their amazing work! It is so important to connect home and school! |
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| If I found a pot of gold...I would ________ |
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Seriously...flowers for mom! Love...Love this response!
So sweet! |
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| Science Time... |
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| Every color of the rainbow...and some white carnations! |
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We predicted what would happen...and why we thought it would happen.
Response: The flowers will drink the water and turn colors...because they are thirsty! :) |
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I split one flower's stem and placed it into 2 colors of water.
*The more food coloring you have the brighter the flower will turn. My blue and purple didn't have as much coloring in it...and it showed when the flowers turned.
*This was a great time to talk about how we mix colors to make other colors! |
Friday:
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| OUr next day results! The kiddos were so excited! |
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| checking the flowers out as a class. We checked our predictions! |
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| Rainbow Noodles... |
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At home I made these awesome colored noodles.
Recipe: Noodles, 1 tsp of rubbing alcohol, and 6-8 drops of food coloring (the more food coloring the brighter the colors). |
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| Time for some fine motor fun! Stringing those noodles in the order of our rainbow! |
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| Friendship bracelets! |
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| At the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold... |
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| Great job pretty lady! |
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Rainbows of ourselves.
This included the color of: hair, eyes, shirt, shoes, and our favorite color.
*Great grip on that crayon! |
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| Fruit Loop rainbows. Another awesome activity. This activity includes: sorting, fine motor (pinch and grab), and ordering...It can even be carried over to counting each color. |
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Let's catch a rainbow in a dish.
Recipe: 1 cup of milk, primary food coloring colors (red, yellow, blue), and dish soap. |
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| In this activity I placed the milk in the dish, added 4 drops of each food coloring. We then made predictions on what would happen. This was another great time to talk about mixing of colors to make other colors. I was able to connect the activity from the coloring of flowers yesterday to this activity today. |
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| When you drop several drops of dish soap in the center of the dish is forces the colors to mix. |
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| We talked about the mixing colors. I then had the kiddos "write down" the results of what happened. |
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| Perfect work sweet buddy! |
What a colorful week! We had a blast as always! Easter next week!
