Saturday, March 22, 2014

St. Patrick's Day and Rainbows...

What a fun week! It was filled with science and art!
Monday:

Start the week with our Gumby Share!

My goodness..Gumby does soooo many fun things during his stays!

A clover for good luck! Most of these kiddos wore green so I didn't get a chance to give them a sweet pinch!


Who knew shaving cream, glue, and green paint could be so much fun!?!?

Love the artists in my room!
http://mykidscoolmom.com/?p=307

If I found a pot of gold I would buy....

Not sure what we would do without the LOVELY Mrs. Trina! 

Ta-Dah!! Great work pretty lady!

Fruit Loops and Rainbows! I can NEVER get enough of fine motor skills! Picking up these tiny bits of cereal is perfect for these perfect little fingers! Not to mention...they have to put them in the right color order!


So proud!
http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/RainbowFruitLoop.htm
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/84794405458648589/


Use that glue...:Paste that green!

A St. Patrick's Day Snack! YUM!!


We used celery (because the 3 flower shops I visited were out of white carnations) to make a rainbow of our own!

We made predictions...

and took turns putting them into our food coloring...




What would tomorrow bring!?!? Oh...and I did locate 1 tiny white flower...we voted as a class on what color we wanted it to be...
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/84794405458648559/


Tuesday: All about rainbows today! We learned about what weather we needed to make one!
Making a rainbow of our own!



These were perfect!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53713447@N02/8163104934/

Let's sort pom-poms to the colors that are in the rainbow...
and use chopsticks while we do it!

Letter match!


I did it!
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/84794405458663786/

Making so jewelry...using the colors of the rainbow of course!! 

At first we used yarn...that proved to be a bit challenging...so I opted out for a rubber string. This proved to work much better for their sweet fingers.



Such sweet friends...with awesome headbands!
http://nurturestore.co.uk/rainbow-kids-craft-pasta-necklace
Here is the link for my idea...however...I made the noodles differently. I added the pasta to a bag and then put in 3 TBS of rubbing alcohol. I then added food coloring...the more coloring the darker and richer the color. Purple proved a bit challenging to make!

Great work sweet girl! This is something they loved doing and so valuable for them...they attempted to follow a sequence/pattern and string the pasta! 



Let's us revisit yesterday with the flower an celery! My goodness...look what happened! ha! 


Love...Love this picture! We used magnifying glasses to check out the celery and the changing colors of the leaves.








My favorite experiment of all! We made a rainbow of our own!

Add a cup of milk (our light)

Then 3 drops of food coloring (red, blue, yellow)

After our colors we added in the center a few drops of dish soap...our rain!

It forced our colors to swirl together and make this beautiful rainbow.

The kiddos drew what they saw!


http://www.kidzone.ws/science/rainbow.htm
Making a rainbow - Weather Related Science Projects for Kids (and their parents)
I forgot to take pictures of this light experiment we did in class...here is the link! Please try it at home!
Scroll down towards the bottom of the website to find the directions