Story Book for March 13, 2009

Our story book for March 13th was Bare Bear by Miriam Moss.  In this story a bear wakes up one morning to discover the wind has blown away all of his clothes that were hanging on a clothes line.  He has to search for his clothes and finds them with some characters that you might find in familiar fairy tales.

Story Book for March 12, 2009

Our story book for March 12th was All Sorts of Clothes by Hannah Reidy.   This is a very simple book that describes various articles of clothing a child might wear.

Art Activity: Rainbow Pants

We used spray bottles filled with water for this painting activity.  First, we let the children choose several colors of paint to place at the top of their pants shaped paper.  Next the children sprayed water on the paint using the spray bottle.  The paint dripped down the children's paper causing the above effect. 

Science Activity: Mixing Colors

This was a very simple science activity.  We let the children select 2 primary colors of paint, and we placed drops of the paint on a small piece of paper.  Next we gave the children a cotton ball to use for mixing the paint together.  The kids made secondary colors from the primary colors.  

Story Book for March 11, 2009

Our story book for March 11th was The Skeleton in the Closet by Alice Schertle.  In this story a little boy discovers a skeleton has made a visit to his house.  The skeleton is in need of some clothes, so he raids the boy's closet.  This is a very silly book that the kids loved.

Story Book for March 10, 2009

Our story book for March 10th was My Closet Threw a Party by Robyn Parnell.  In this story, the clothes in a girl's closet throw a party that leaves her room a mess.

Math Activity: Button Sorting

We gave the children buttons of various shapes and colors.  We asked them to sort them by color, or by shape.

Story Book for March 9, 2009

Our story book for March 9th was A Rainbow All Around Me by Sandra Pinkney.  This is a book about colors and what we think of when we see those colors.  The book features great photographs of children from different cultures wearing brightly colored clothing.

Art Activity: Rainbows

We gave the children water color paints and made the suggestion of painting rainbows.  The children could paint anything they wanted; painting rainbows was only a suggestion.  The most important thing was for the children to have an opportunity to work with the water color, and to be creative.

Art Activity: Mitten Lacing

For this activity we gave the children mitten shaped paper, plastic sewing needles, and yarn.  The children used the yarn and sewing needles to lace through the holes in the paper mitten.

Story Book for March 6, 2009

Our story book for March 6th was The Mitten by Jan Brett.  In this story a little boy loses one of his white mittens in the snow.  The mitten is found by various animals who, one by one, crawl into the mitten to get warm.

Language Activity: Clothing Bag

We filled a bag full of different types of clothes for this activity.  The children were to reach into the bag and see if they could guess what the article of clothing was just by touching it.  After they took the article of clothing out of the bag, the children were to identify it and tell what season someone would like to wear it.

Math Activity: Clothes Matching

For this activity we gave the children real articles of clothing and cards with photos of the clothing.  The children matched the pictures to the real clothing.

Story Book for March 5th, 2009

Our story book for March 5th was Mr. Tuggle's Troubles by Leeann Blankenship.  In this story Mr. Tuggle keeps misplacing important articles of clothing.  He can't find his hat, so he makes a paper hat instead.  He can't find his shoes, so he wears shoe boxes on his feet.  He can't find his shirt, so he wears curtains instead.  By the end of the week, he realizes how silly he looks to other people. 

Health and Safety Activity: Stop, Drop and Roll

The children practiced the safety procedure of Stop, Drop, and Roll on this day.  First they read a fire safety book with one of the teachers.  Next, they practiced Stop, Drop, and Roll in the event their clothes were to catch fire.

Art Activity: Paper Hats

To make these hats the children applied foam stickers to their paper.  Next, the teacher's helped the children staple the paper together to make a hat.

Story Book for March 4, 2009

Our story book for March 4th was Hetty's 100 Hats by Janet Slingsby.  In this story a little girl decides that she wants a collection of hats.  She sets a goal of getting 100 hats.  She receives hats  from family and friends from all over the world.

Story Book for March 3, 2009

Our story book for March 3rd was Hello Shoes! by Joan W. Blos.   In this story a boy and his grandfather search all over the house for the boy's favorite pair of shoes, a pair of red buckled sandals.  When they find the shoes, the boy decides he wants to learn how to buckle them himself.

Whole Group Activity: Fashion Show

For this activity, we gave the children a large assortment of clothes to choose from.  The children dress up and then did a fashion show on teacher made runway.  The children described the clothes they were wearing while walking down the runway.

Story Book for March 2, 2009

Our story book for March 2nd was The Jacket I wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel.  In this story a little boy has to get ready for playing outdoors during the winter.