Math

We started a new math unit today, beginning with a mini movie.  A few children were really rocking out during the chorus.  :)  Can you guess what we are learning about?

Happy birthday, Ms. VP! (and other Friday adventures)

In case you missed the party this morning, here is the beautiful card your children made for Ms. VP.  Count the candles...

 This afternoon we had fun on Jacksonpollock.org creating more action 'paintings.  Some children were very precise in their movements, while others just enjoyed flinging the mouse around.

 One masterpiece (your child's masterpiece will be emailed to you):

 We turned on the projector so the paintings showed up on a really big canvas.

Free choice center time this afternoon - reading with 3D glasses

 experimenting with sound (thank you to Mr. G. for lending us the xylophone so we could learn more about sound in science)

 Dress up!  (I think someone stepped on the glasses)

Sight

Science explorations are so much fun!  Today we reviewed sight a little, talked about how to protect our eyes, and then just had a lot of fun exploring with color paddles and magnifying glasses.

"It's like 3-D glasses!"

 

Then around 2:15 we finally got to go outside for splatter painting (which was originally scheduled for Ss day - Tuesday, but we changed it so we didn't have to worry about rain).  We read part of a book about Jackson Pollack and then did our own action paintings.

 Some children were very careful, others more haphazard in their approach, but everyone had fun and ended up more colorful than when they began.

I wasn't sure this painting was going to even make it from the ground to the drying rack, it was so saturated, but it made it and the colors swirled together nicely.  Not sure if this masterpiece will be dry enough to go home yet tomorrow...

If we have time tomorrow, we'll try this digital variation of a Jackson Pollack action painting: 

http://jacksonpollock.org/