Art Activity: Lacing Bears

For this activity we gave the children bear shaped paper with holes punched all around the edges.  The children used yarn to lace in and out of the holes all around the bear.  This was a great fine motor exercise for the children.

Story Book for November 14, 2008

Our story book for November 14th was Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom.  This is the story of a young bear's day from morning until night time.  

Language Activity: The Napping House

After reading The Napping House story, the children used magnetic pieces to retell the story in their own words.  Since the story pieces were magnetic they could be used on our classroom chalkboard.

Art Activity: Quilt Collage

We gave the children large pieces of paper, fabric scraps, glue and paint brushes for this activity.  The children used the paint brushes to spread glue on their paper and then pressed the fabric scraps onto their paper to make a quilt collage.

Story Book for November 13, 2008

Our story book for November 13th was The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood.  The Napping House is a house where everyone is sleeping.  Including a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, and others.  Great illustrations and a great story for preschoolers.

Corn Syrup Painting

This was kind of a messy art activity.  We let the children spread corn syrup over their paper using a paint brush.  Next the children put drops of food coloring on their papers.  The food coloring spreads on it's own throughout the corn syrup to make some great designs.

Science Activity: Making Shadows

For this science activity we used flashlights to make hand shadows on the wall.  The teachers showed the children how to use their hands to make animal shadows such as birds and dogs.