St. Patrick's Day was a lot of fun.  The children made "green" pudding and topped it off with a Keebler elf cookie! Some enjoyed the snack, others took a pass, but everyone did enjoy making it :)

 

We also had a fun "green" art project.  The children made shamrocks.

 

We think we had a leprechaun visit our classroom on Monday, too!  We found green glitter by the front door that may have fallen out of his pocket and he left behind these green things all around the room!  One friend described them as broccoli. :)  It was a challenge to find them all!

 

 

I also talked to the children about recycling during this "green" week and they made a refrigerator magnet for you out of an old water bottle.  The children had fun painting them as you can see. 

 

 

  

Some of the finished art from Planting a Rainbow 

 

 The children have been learning a new story/song at Circle Time called "We're Going On A Bear Hunt", and they love it!  I hope these photos can give you a glimpse of them "acting out" the story.

Hope your all enjoying a GREAT Spring Break!

  

This week we continued with our Garden unit.  I read Flower Garden by Eve Bunting, to the children.  It is a wonderful story about a little girl who lives in the city, she buys plants at a grocery store and then plants a window box for her mom's birthday.  We talked about living in the city, riding the bus, climbing stairs to your apartment and of course planting a window box.  The children got to plant real flowers in a window box!  We also discussed the various parts of the plants, petals, stems and roots.

 

And of course, there is always cleanup......

 

This week, the sensory table had materials in it for planting flowers, including "dirt", small flower pots and silk flowers. 
(The "dirt" is actually coffee mixed with corn meal and it smells sooooo good!)

 

 

 

The children found some new items to explore in the room this week.  They are working with shapes and colors.

 

 

 

We also read the book, Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert. The children created beautiful bouquets. They made the flowers by crunching up tissue paper. (Working on fine motor skills)

 

Next week, St. Patrick's Day!