Secondary colors

Now that we know the primary colors, we talked about what colors we get when we mix the primary colors together....the secondary colors! We talked about the letter C this week, so what a better project than a color wheel!?

We had playdough in the three primary colors for a color mixing center. The color wheel was so fun to mix-up that the kids wanted to see what other colors they could make too.

And, we also had this water dropper center where the kids had so much fun watching more color mixing magic happen. We started with clear water, added the 3 primary colors, and used more cups of clear water to mix the primary colors with our water droppers. 

We each took turns playing colors hyperdash. The kids had to follow instruction on which color to press, and were timed doing it so they got so excited when they beat their own time.

We also worked on our cutting skills for letter C this week. We had curvy and jagged lines for that we followed as we sang our scissors song:

(Tune of London Bridge)

Keep your thumb up when you cut, when you cut, when you cut.

Keep your thumb up when you cut,

and squeeze the blades together.

At this color mixing center, we had a bunch of different manipulatives to help us mix our colors!

For a writing center this week we formed our letters with our colorful craft sticks. Check out Eliza's E!

We also talked about the letter D this week. We had a drawing center for the kids to come draw and create!

Lexi and her friends really enjoyed these 2 piece color puzzles. They had them done in record time!

For a fine motor activity, we practiced stringing beads in the order of the rainbow.

These jumbo crayons had a lot of fun items in them of their corresponding color for our sorting center. 

And these colorful shape builders brought imagination to life in our dramatic play center. We had rocket ships flying to the moon, and carousels at the fair!

Book of the week: I Love Colors by Hans Wilhelm

We were happy to celebrate another birthday this week!

Happy Birthday to Ellie!!

Primary colors

We talked about the letters A and B this week. This was a fun way to practice our cutting and pasting skills. We practiced making the letter A sound by saying "Ahhh" and the kids would have the alien jump out at their friends. 

We worked on our fine motor skills, along with the uppercase and lowercase letter A formation with our letter A snakes. We practiced first rolling balls, and then making them into snakes and forming the letter.

We used our rainbow chips and magnetic wands to make our letter B this week. The kids first covered their upper and lowercase B's with the magnetic chips, and then they magically swipe them clean with the magnetic wands. They loved it and wanted to do it over and over again.

We talked about our primary colors this week. Here we are with our crayola puzzles in just those three colors: red, yellow, and blue!

We practiced making patterns with our primary colors and our pattern bears.

We also made more patterns with our rainbow ice cream cones. The kids had pattern strips with different colored patterns, and the kids built their cones up according to those patterns. They couldn't wait to count how many they had stacked up!

We played connect 4 this week. The kids didn't actually play according to game rules, but what a better primary color recognition game, right?! And, they practiced their counting skills as well as they piled the chips to the brink!

Primary color spin art! This activity involved lots of teamwork effort as one person spun the wheel and the others made their patterns.

Can you count from 1 to 10? We worked on that this week with our number stacking towers. We had two towers, so we made it a race to see who could stack their tower from 1 to 10 the quickest.

And, we got our little fingers working this week with our snap, zip, and button vests. 

Book of the week: Press Here by Herve Tullet

This is such a fun and interactive book! And, involves the 3 primary colors too!

Song of the week: The Alphabet Rock

1st day of school!

The anticipation is over! It finally arrived! The first day of school happened! And, all of your kids did wonderful!! We had a great first day doing a lot of preschool must-have activities including playdough, blocks, puzzles, and snack time.

We did a name recognition activity where the kids used their fine motor skills to trace their name in stickers. Who doesn't love stickers?!

We worked on names some more with our playdough letters.

We talked about teamwork this week and how when we all work together, anything is possible. We put this to practice with our team walkers.

And, the kids showed me what great team players that they are while helping each other build our alphabet, color, and number puzzles!

And, what would preschool be without an occasional block center?! These blocks could be built up into different jungle animals.

Birthdays:

We already had the pleasure of celebrating our 1st birthday!

Happy Birthday Rocky!

I told him to give me a smile and show me his teeth. He is pointing to his teeth in this picture :) Doing just what he was asked!