R is for Rain

I don't know about you, but I have seen enough rain for a while.  Today with Miss Sue the children cut out the letter "R" and glued it onto a piece of paper.  They then used droppers to suction up rain(blue colored water).  Next, they dropped the raindrops onto their letter "R."

The children have voted on a new play theme.  They would like to set up a Children's Museum in our classroom.  This theme does not have a lot of roles to go with it, but it will allow the children the opportunity to increase their language skills and creativity.  As part of the Children's Museum the children brainstormed that they would like to plant flowers.  To accommodate this I put soil, seeds, flowerpots, strainers, shovels, and silk flowers in the sensory table.  The children who visited this area came up with some pretty floral creations today.

Besides a planting station the children would also like a dinosaur bone exploring station.  During playtime next week I will teach them how to paper Mache balloons.  We will use these for our dinosaur bones.  I am also going to place various media in the writing center, so the children can work as artists at the museum.  The children also wanted to make a pirate section of the museum.  I plan on getting a variety of books and placing them in our books and puzzles area, along with some props from the Sock Hop to create this section of the museum.  The children also want a gift shop in their museum.  It may take us a while to set everything up, but this student driven activity allows the children to explore and drive some of their own learning.

To end the day we went to the gym and played on the scooters.  This was a fun way to increase our large motor skills and wear off some energy.