This week, the children were working on making fall leaves and corn.  They used a lot of yellow and red color.  Our classroom is full of fall color!

For making fall leaves, the children used a variety of painting tools, including a dish washing sponge and several koosh ball items.  We were trying to "pounce" instead of using strokes.  They did pretty well with this new technique.

We read a book this week, Fall Leaves, Fall,  by Zoe Hall. This story talks about all the different kinds of trees and their different leaves.  

Birthday matching game.   We had another birthday!  

     Happy Birthday Greta!

I added some fall items to the classroom last week for the children to explore,  fall leaves and some ornamental corn.  I noticed one morning that the "corn" from the kitchen area was on the table and so I thought, "Hmm, why is that over here?"  Then I realized that someone in the classroom had made the connection that this was corn too!  They are so bright!

The next big project for our class, was to make "corn".  The children were asked to roll paint on to bubble wrap. Then we laid a sheet of paper on top of the paint and the children rubbed the paper with their hands.  They made some really pretty prints.  Of course, who can resist bubble wrap?  Those little bubbles are so fun to pop!  Look closely at the photos and you will see a few children sneaking in a "pop" or two.  :)

We have been reading The Little Old Woman Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.  It is a Halloween story with a fun ending.  The little old woman ends up making a scarecrow, and so you see, we have added a scarecrow to our corn field too!

Creating some fall decorations for home.

See you Monday!