Wacky Weather

Today we continued our discussion of weather.  Our read aloud was titled The Wind Blew.  At Miss Sue's center the children cut out the letter "u" and the outline of an umbrella from a died coffee filter.  They glued the two together to make the "u" page for their alphabet book.  At my center the children played the weather game.  On their turn they rolled the die that was programed with the numbers 6-11.  They then took a playing card.  On their playing card there was a set of three pictures.  The children had to say the name of the pictures and then determine which two started with the same beginning sound.  If they landed on a space with a rainbow above it they were able to slide up the rainbow.  You can reinforce this activity at home by listing three our four words and having your child identify which two start the same.

Our museum play theme is starting to take shape.  Today I introduced a slide to the theme.  The children did a great job of taking turns going down the slide and they remembered to slide on their bottoms.  I also made a "Creation Station" that the children explored.  In the writing center I placed paper, scrap paper, ribbon, buttons, sequence, glitter glue, and fancy scissors.  The children used the items to make collages.