Bird Nests

This is the project I had looked forward to all weekend.

I had my materials gathered and went to work on a Monday 

morning excited knowing my kids we're going to love this.

Of course after I arrived at work I became sick and went home for two 

days with a stomach bug. :( Very unhappy, I begged for pictures. 

I really wish I had been there.

Easter Eggs

 

We made Easter eggs with water colors and shaving cream.

This was a fun Pinterest project. we dropped the liquid water colors on the shaving cream, the students swirled the colors around with a cotton swab, and then they pressed their egg in the shaving cream.

We squeegeed away the shaving cream and had bright colored eggs. 

Animal Unit Pets

We ended our animal unit with pets. Students brought pictures of their pets and stuffed animals for show and tell.

Our project was water coloring cat masks.

A Rainbow of Activies

We made clouds with rainbows using paper plates

and ribbons. This was a pinterest project from 

http://momscraftyspace.blogspot.com/2011/03/streamer-rainbows.html 

Here students painted with a variety of colors.

Various table activities were also available.
Students practiced writing, used pompom
magnets and created using playdough,
feathers and pipe cleaners.

 

During circle time we collected toys around the room and sorted them by color.

Animal Tracks

Yesterday the three's made animal tracks.

They walked the animals through the paint then onto their papers.

Here are some of the table activities.

K is for Kite

We had so much fun painting our kites today. 

I am so glad spring is here.

Shamrocks

The idea for these shamrocks came from Pinterest. My preschool board is so large I can't find the original pin. It's time to break that board down but the thought of doing it is overwhelming to me.

First we painted the shamrocks with a water/glue mixture.
Then added torn streamer paper to decorate the shamrocks. 

I lost the picture of them adding the paper to the project.

This is the finished shamrock after I cut them out.

We used the Lucky Charms graph from @ Teaching Mommies at snack time today. This was so much fun. Unfortunately I didn't take the picture until after they started eating. And of course being a blogging newbie I can not figure out how to rotate the picture. SORRY! 

http://www.2teachingmommies.com/search/label/St.%20Patrick%27s%20Day

Animal Sensory Bin

We enjoyed exploring our animal sensory bin.

Which included a variety of rocks, flowers and animals.

Rain Forest Animals

 Today we painted macaws as part of our animal unit.

We started with blue and green paint added orange for a beak.

After they dried we added eyes and feathers (strips of material)

Our finished macaws.

Lions

We painted lions as part of our animal unit. I drew the lions face and they painted them. This is always one of our favorite projects in the three's class.

Rainbow Sensory Bin

I finally made our rainbow sensory bin. It was fun to put together and even more fun to watch them explore.

Domino Play

I was going through some of my things at home looking for for anything I could use for a sensory bin. I found a bag of domino's and decided to put them out on a tray as a table activity. The students loved it.

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Mini Volcano's

We finally had a day where we could try out the mini volcano experiment. The idea came from The Preschool Alphabet Blog, Thank You! The kids thought this was so cool.

We added drops of colored vinegar to baking soda.

Polar Bear Painting with Shaving Cream

We started our animal unit today. We learned about polar animals.

So of course we made polar bears using a stencil, shaving cream and white paint.

We also explored the shaving cream

Some explored more than others

They all looked wonderful!

Marble Painting Shamrocks

Today we painted shamrocks using marbles and green and yellow paint.

Students scooped marbles out of paint and dropped them onto their shamrock.

Then they rolled the marbles around. This of course is their favorite part. We used a small wash tub so they could really move the marbles around without them flying out. Of course some went flying anyway. That's just part of the fun!

I mounted the finished shamrock to construction paper.
These were so cute and we had fun making them.

Food Unit

Monday we finished our food unit with Pizza Day.

We made pizza's on english muffins covering all the food groups.

Students painted pictures of pizza.

Pizza Painting

Uppercase Lowercase Alphabet Matching Game

I was inspired to create this game from Kindertips, http://www.billings.k12.mt.us/literacy/kindertipfolder/kindertip10.html

At Kindertips their game was created on a round table which I loved. I don't have a round table :(

I made this using a foam cake tray, acrylic paint, scrapbook paper, and mod podge.

Of course I used my cricut to cut out circles and letters. My circles were a bit big and I had to trim some to fit them around the edge. It's not perfect but my students don't seem to mind.

Transportation Unit

The three's painted with cars today as part of our transportation unit.

This was a big hit!

Tranportation Sensory Bin

I am so thankful to pinners on pinterest for all the sensory bin ideas!