Rainbow 7/31/10

I saw a beautiful rainbow this evening. It was a full rainbow. I felt like a kid, I had to run inside and get the camera and then call my mom to tell her.

More news from the sandbox

Well today I had the best lunch!!! There was a group of 3 kids who told me it was my birthday. They sat me down by the sand box and said we were having a celebration. I had cake, soup, sandwiches, tea, icecream cookies. In fact I had seconds and thirds on each. One was a waitress and took orders and the other 2 were cooks. They even sang to me!!

I saw such creative play,teamwork and cooperation. The roles they played were approriate to the theme. The play went on for at least 20 minutes.

Mud Pies in the sand

It was a crazy Thursday and a long week!! We went to the Story Mobile for a story and to get some books. Then out side for the whole morning since the weather (heat) broke a bit down to 82!! We ate mud pies- were they deicous. Who knew 2/3 year olds could cook s well!! We also had fun looking at our shadows. Sometimes it was in front of us and sometimes it was in back of us.

Speaking of being outside does anyone have any ideas on how to incorporate print rich litereacy outrside on a playground? I have a few ideas, but I want to see what others think befor I talk about them. It is a private playground and only the school uses it, it is not a shared playground.

Part of a Whole Cards

Example of a game card for the part of a whole game.

Circle Time Activity

Well here I am day 2 of this thing called a blog. I like the idea but still can't seem to know what to write. I am going to describe an activity that I did today.

If you are looking for an activity for children to guess a picture by looking at only part of the picture. This skill is harder than you think. (For those who use High/Scope it ison the Child Observation Record)

I took about 12 pictures the size of an index card.

I found a camera shape and made a circle where the lens was.

I put this over the picture on the index card size picture and bound it on the left like a book.

I then had the children guess what it was.

I will try to take a photo of it to post later, as I left them at work.

Why a blog?

Well this is my first attempt at a blog. I am doing this for a class that I am taking for my ACT 48 continuing education hours. I hope also to be making a web site for this same class. So please be patient as I do this. I hope to share teaching experiences and idea.