Hermit Crab Painting

Today we had two visitors in our classroom Bonnie and Joe who are hermit crabs.

After reading the story Hermit Crabs New Home they decided to show us how to beautify our classroom with some original art special made by them.

First they took a bath in liquid water colors, and then they crawled out of the color onto sheets of paper.

Leaving a color trail behind them

We now have hermit art hanging in our classroom to remind us of our new friends.

Thank you Cindy, for stopping by our classroom and sharing the talent of your two hermit crabs.  Please stop by any time we loved having you!

Making Crawfish in Preschool

We made crawfish out of egg cartons

Children painted the egg carton with glue paint and them embellished them with glitter and any other items they wanted to use for their crawfish

Sandbox Water Fun

Learning at Play

Today we learned about lakes and rivers in the sandbox

We learned that the lakes need to have dams to hold the water in which turned them into reservoirs

We learned that rivers need to have levees so that the rivers will not flood the flat lands

So we walked away today with learning about

·         Rivers

·         Lakes

·         Reservoirs

·         Dams

·         Levees

All while we were playing!    

Play Academy

Classroom Management Dramatic Play Area

When it comes to the dramatic play and the idea of clean up, sometimes these two things just don’t go hand and hand.  I have tried giving: warnings that clean up is in five minutes, I have given the children in the dramatic play area extra time to clean up, but for what ever reason they have a hard time wanting to clean this area up.  I have even gone as far as having them sign a contract, (“I will clean up the playhouse.”)  And then have them sign it. This one does help but still not like I would like it to.  Oh and lets not forget making it a game.  Who can clean up the most or fastest.  Oh that would be the teacher, because they just want to watch.

                                  

Here is what I hear:

• I didn’t play in the playhouse; I just played with the money. (money is on the floor)

• It wasn’t me it was…

• I was only in there for a minute

• Will you help me?

One day one of the girls that we work with said what about if we give them a key, that way we know who has been in the playhouse and who needs to go back and clean before moving on to another area.  What a genius is all I have to say?  She came in with six key necklaces.  That way only six children can be in the playhouse at one time and they know that if they do not have a key on they can not go in the area.  The children remind one another.  

 

Also since we have started this their play seems to have more of collaborative play with one another. 

BIG Thanks to Rosa!