Musical Bells

The children have been interested in music throughout the school year. They were very excited to get a chance to explore the bells from Mrs. Taylor/Lee and Mrs. Fanelli /Calfus rooms.

We had a large group discussion on how to use and take care of them before they were allowed to explore them.

After a few days, we discussed how we could make a note or copy music we played. Afterwards, a friend could replay their songs.

It was exciting to see how they worked together to make songs and then played the songs they wrote on their papers.

Funnel and tubes at the sand table

Mrs. DeYoung saw a great idea on Pinterest and was excited to share it with the children. 

Play Dough Garden

This student worked for a long time on her "Play Dough Garden."  She was very excited to share it at the end of activity time.

Standard and Non-Standard Measurement

The children have taken an interest in Bears recently. They are interested in how big they are and why they sleep or hibernate all winter.

We invited them to bring a stuffed friend to school.

During a large group activity, Mrs. DeYoung asked them, "I wonder who has the biggest stuffed animal?"  After some comparing, they decided we should line them up to find this out. We explained that when lining them up they all have to start at the same point. We decided to use a yard stick.

A large group of students showed an interest in measuring so we put out different measuring tools throughout the classroom.

They even worked together to measure Mrs. DeYoung. 

They also used a collection of hearts from the Writing Center and we compared the number of hearts to the numbers they found on the measuring tape.

How many hearts tall is she....?

How tall is the cabinet?

This student wanted to make her building taller than her. When she was finished she asked me to take a picture but before I showed her the picture she said, " Hmm, I think I need 1 more." 

When I took the picture this time, she stood tall and as you can see she had a big smile and said, "This time I did it!"  She was very excited when she saw this picture.

Before it fell over, this student said, "Its bigger than me because I just go to here." 

Exploring 2D Shapes and 3D Figures

We set out a variety of 2D shapes and 3D figures for the students to build with. Some of  the children worked together, while some chose to work alone.

"I made a Robot!"

"We made a Castle!"

"I made a musical instrument. I have a rectangle for the drum and a cylinder for the banging thing." 

"I made a Barbie stand!"

"I made Rocket Ship!"

"We made a castle too!"

 



The students left some of their creations out to share at the end of the day.



10 Ducks

Mrs. Olafson read the book "10 Little Rubber Ducks" by Eric Carle.

After she read the story, she invited the children to make a duck at the art table so they could help retell the story at circle time.

The children each had a number to print on their duck and then had to work together to put themselves in order from 1-10.

Once all the students had put themselves in the proper sequence, the whole class helped by retell the story, "10 Little Rubber Ducks".