Week of 4/15

Dear Star Room 3AM Families,

What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom.


Theme this week:

• This week we continued our unit on Spring with a discussion about clouds and rain. We built upon our knowledge from last week - that flowers need water to grow. But where does the water come from? We displayed photos of nimbus clouds which are the type of clouds that produce rain. We learned that when the cloud is filled up with water and cannot hold any more, the water spills out of the clouds as rain. To illustrate how this works, we conducted a science experiment.
  
• After filling a vase with water, we added a layer of shaving cream on top as the “cloud”. We then poured blue watercolor through the cloud, filling the cloud with color. When the shaving cream can no longer hold the watercolor, the blue starts to “rain down” into the vase. The children were fascinated by the process!

Books we read:

• Spring, by Cynthia Klingel and Robert Noyed
• It Looked Like Spilt Milk, by Charles Shaw

 
Songs we sang:

• “Plants”
• “Spring Song”

 
Places we went:

• At Art with Julia and Janae, we finger-painted with blue and red paint, noting that when we mix the colors together, they make purple. Once the colors were thoroughly mixed, we used a finger as a paint brush to create patterns in the paint. We then pressed a piece of paper on top of the design to make a print! We also sifted pink sand with blue glitter at the light table. 
• We read Every Day by Dan Yaccarino and took out books from the library with Lindsay.
• We sang It’s a Small World After All, Do a Deer, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and My Favorite Things with Noel in music.
• We played in 2nd floor indoor gym.

 
Classroom Activities:

• We continued our Spring 3-D bulletin board project. The children added a colored paper circle and a button in the middle to their painted paper plate. The plate was then attached to the popsicle stick they painted green. Make sure to take a peek at our class garden on the bulletin board next time you are at school! In keeping with learning about clouds and rain, the children watercolored large raindrops in blue and turquoise that will be added to our new weather door decorations. Keep your eyes peeled for new decor coming soon!

 
Reminders:

• No School, Good Friday, 4/19
• Library Books Due, Monday 4/22
• No School, P/T Conferences, Friday 4/26

 Enjoy the photos! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns.

Warmly,
Sarah and Jill