World of Color

Theme –  Next week we will begin Unit 4 of the Owl, World of Color. During this unit students will interact with colors explore topics such as color mixing, stains, fading, camouflage, and color patterns. Students will learn that color can be found in nature, that color can carry information, that paints and dyes are used to color things, colors can be mixed to make new colors and that sun and washing can make colors fade.

Story –  Max’s Dragon Shirt, By Rosemary Wells.

 Dog’s Colorful Day, Emma Dodd

Small Groups –

Science – Students will work with colorfast and non color fast materials. They will see how colors bleed when they are not color fast. They will make connections to this and doing laundry.

Math – Students will use pictures from our story to make a pattern.

Math – Students will learn about different shapes as they play shape bingo.

Choice:    - Max’s green shirt painting on the easel.  

- Sensory table with colored soap bubbles    

- Dramatic Play - Shoe Store - Students will be making pairs and matching shoes together.

- Puzzles

- Books about colors

- Trains

- Playdough – Adding water color paint to white playdough to mix together.  Each child is able to take a their own playdough home.

Music:     1) Apples and Bananas 4) Down by the bay

    2) Color Song 5) Green grass

    3) Looby Loo

January 22, 2019

The Lucky Ducks have been continuing our Wind and Water Unit.  Last week talked about how the wind can move things and the difference between heavy and lite.  We have also been discussing what items are repellent (water rolls off) and absorbent (it soaks water in).

This week we are discussing the forms water can take - liquid, solid and gas.  Today we froze water outside and boiled water to watch the steam.

Stories this week
Snowy Day
The Wind Blew
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Small Groups
Making paper snowglobes
Painting Peter from Snowy Day with epsom salt to make a snowy picture
Sorting what items the wind can blow.
Tell a story using pictures from The Wind Blew

Choice Time
Taking care of animals
Sand in the sensory table
Turn taking riding a rocking horse
Building with Blocks
Mr. Potato Head
Experimenting with snow by adding different colors