Eye Droppers and Food Coloring Craft

Watch us make designs with eye droppers and food coloring!

First we are placing droplets of food coloring all over a piece of wax paper.

He is grouping his colors.

He placed three yellow drops in a row and then placed three 

more below the first three.

He liked the color blue then added some yellow and red to his design. 

He is using two hands to squeeze the food coloring out of

the eye dropper.

He is randomly placing drops all over the wax paper.

When they were finished with the food coloring they placed 

a piece of paper on top of the wax paper and pressed down.

Moving their fingers all over the paper.

After pressing the paper on the wax paper they lifted up their project 

to discover how their creation turned out. 

And here they are!!!

Making a sunflower garden

In the spring the kids planted a sunflower garden.  They went outside to find sticks.  They used the sticks to dig holes for the seeds.  Everyone picked several spots and planted their sunflower seeds.  Then we waited...and waited, and waited.  The sunflowers have come up and are growing so fast now!  It shouldn't be much longer until we have some big yellow sunflowers in the garden. 

Finding the perfect stick...

Making holes for the seeds with the sticks.

Putting seeds in the holes.

Lightly covering the seeds with soil.

Wow!  Our growing garden.

A Pre-K Puppet Show

If you give the kids puppets, they will want to put on a puppet show...and they did!  

Some of the pre-k kids decided to put on a puppet show for the preschool class.  They decided who would use which animal puppets. Then they sat down together and discussed what the animal puppets would do during the puppet show. It was a great exercise in cooperation and they excelled. Great teamwork!

The kids invited their preschool friends to watch the puppet show, showed them where to sit, and then put on a very entertaining show for their pals. The animals roared and acted silly and the audience ate it up!  

 Everyone loves it when we get to use the stage lights and perform.  

Our puppeteers took a big bow at the end.  Bravo!

Shapes

The pre-kindergartners recently completed a unit about shapes.  To learn more about shapes Ms. Lu Ann introduced the class to the works of Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky, a Russian artist, is known for his abstract paintings which feature colors and shapes.  

Kandinsky's Bauhaus, Plakat

Kandinsky's Composition VIII

Ms. Lu Ann shared several of Kandinsky's paintings with the class and asked them to use colors and shapes to create their own masterpieces.  Taking inspiration from the paintings, the kids used crayons to draw shapes on their artwork.  They discussed the different shapes that they used...triangles, rectangles, squares, circles, spirals, etc.  Here are a few of their abstract creations:

Using scraps from the recycling bin, the children found various shapes and worked together to make a huge collage:

Some of the Ohio Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards met from the above activities include:

• Mathematics: 
• Geometry: Identify and describe shapes.
• Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind and next to.
• Geometry: Analyze, compare, create and compose shapes. 
• Analyze and compare two and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts and other attributes.
• Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components and drawing shapes.
• Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes.  

Mad Science: mad mixtures

Mad Science 

Mixing vinegar and baking soda together.

OH WOW!!! It fizzed up!!!

Observing how oil and water do not mix.

Now let's shake it and see it mix together.

Adding water to the color tablet.

It fizzed up just like the vinegar and baking soda did.

Adding water to the color tablet with a pipette.

Beginning to mix the color water to flour mix.

Stir, stir stir

Almost there. A little more water, a little more stirring.

PLAY-DOH

COOL CRITTERS

Last month the pre-k class enjoyed a special visit from COOL CRITTERS.  From their website: Cool Critters Outreach, LLC (CCO) is a fun, interactive, and educational way of looking at reptiles, amphibians & invertebrates. It is an opportunity to get an up-close, personal look at the fascinating world of snakes, lizards, dragons, alligators, spiders, and more.   

The kids were very curious and very brave!  

Western Hognose Snake

The Bearded Dragon, "Sergeant Stubbs"
(he lost most of his tail in a fight with another dragon)

"Peepers," the African Tortoise

American Alligator. He isn't so scary with his mouth taped shut!

"Venus" the boa constrictor!

Venus is demonstrating how she can wrap around trees (and other things). 

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Costume Party

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