The week of April 6-10 we learned about Africa. On Tuesday we learned about Egypt and the pyramids, looked at pictures of Africa, located Africa on the map and globe. On Thursday we read a story about an African boy named Sosu. The object to represent Africa is a pyramid.
Keenan is working on a fish puzzle.
On the art shelf this week is our Easter Egg work. The work process is as follows: the child takes a piece of inset paper, oval or ellipse inset, a colored pencil to the table. Then he takes the art tray (set up with a bowl with glue and small squares of pastel tissue paper). He traces the inset. He takes his pencil, wraps a square of tissue paper on the flat tip of the pencil, then dips it in the glue, and on the paper it goes. He continues the process until the shape is filled. After he completes this task, he hangs his finished work on the drying rack (using clothes pins) to dry, takes the inset and art tray back to where he found it, ready for the next student to work on. It is helpful to note that I hardly help with the whole process. They usually learn just by watching me do it first!
The boys at work. It is amazing to see the different work activities they choose for themselves, there is hardly a dull moment at our preschool.
Roc's third activity for the morning - water transfer work. He worked on a few water activities today.
Luke is carefull pouring colored water to teeny tea cups. Any spills he cleans up with the sponge and then squeezes the sponge over the extra glass jar (baby food jar). To put away this work, Luke has to pour all the water into the glass jar, and then dump the water in the sink. Then he cleans and dries each cup and teapot with his sponge, wipe up any spills on the tray, and then squeeze all the water out of the sponge and dump any water in the glass jar. Then he arranges the teapot, cups, sponge and jar back on the tray. He returns the tray to the shelf. He takes his apron off, and rolls it up and also puts it back on the apron tray.
Jace working on his Easter Egg activity.
How much fun is watching sandtimers QUIETLY? This is our silence game. It is work they can pick on the shelf. Today I picked it out for a group activity. I set up the tray in the middle, turn over the sandtimers, and the boys watch it go without making ANY noise. This photo was to cute to pass up. Collin and Jace grabbed the finished sandtimer at the same time so they could all watch it go again. The sandtimers take 1.5 minutes and 2 minutes each.
The week of April 6-10 we learned about Africa. On Tuesday we learned about Egypt and the pyramids, looked at pictures of Africa, located Africa on the map and globe. On Thursday we read a story about an African boy named Sosu. The object to represent Africa is a pyramid.
Keenan is working on a fish puzzle.
On the art shelf this week is our Easter Egg work. The work process is as follows: the child takes a piece of inset paper, oval or ellipse inset, a colored pencil to the table. Then he takes the art tray (set up with a bowl with glue and small squares of pastel tissue paper). He traces the inset. He takes his pencil, wraps a square of tissue paper on the flat tip of the pencil, then dips it in the glue, and on the paper it goes. He continues the process until the shape is filled. After he completes this task, he hangs his finished work on the drying rack (using clothes pins) to dry, takes the inset and art tray back to where he found it, ready for the next student to work on. It is helpful to note that I hardly help with the whole process. They usually learn just by watching me do it first!
The boys at work. It is amazing to see the different work activities they choose for themselves, there is hardly a dull moment at our preschool.
Roc's third activity for the morning - water transfer work. He worked on a few water activities today. 
Luke is carefull pouring colored water to teeny tea cups. Any spills he cleans up with the sponge and then squeezes the sponge over the extra glass jar (baby food jar). To put away this work, Luke has to pour all the water into the glass jar, and then dump the water in the sink. Then he cleans and dries each cup and teapot with his sponge, wipe up any spills on the tray, and then squeeze all the water out of the sponge and dump any water in the glass jar. Then he arranges the teapot, cups, sponge and jar back on the tray. He returns the tray to the shelf. He takes his apron off, and rolls it up and also puts it back on the apron tray.
Jace working on his Easter Egg activity.
How much fun is watching sandtimers QUIETLY? This is our silence game. It is work they can pick on the shelf. Today I picked it out for a group activity. I set up the tray in the middle, turn over the sandtimers, and the boys watch it go without making ANY noise. This photo was to cute to pass up. Collin and Jace grabbed the finished sandtimer at the same time so they could all watch it go again. The sandtimers take 1.5 minutes and 2 minutes each.
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