mud & worms & clouds & rainbows

It was a great week in the Triangle Room! We enjoyed the sunshine and beautiful weather. We also had fun learning about more spring themes- robins, clouds, rainbows, and worms.

Books read together this week:

• Mud!
• A Mud Pie for Mother
• Mrs. Wishy Washy
• Rainbows
• Worm Weather
• Clouds
• Little Cloud
• The Rainy Day
• A Nest Full of Eggs

Favorite activities this week: 

• After learning about the three types of clouds, students created clouds with a mixture of shaving cream and white paint. We compared our clouds in style to the illustrations done by Eric Carle in the book Little Cloud.
• After reading Worm Weather, students painted "mud" (brown paint and oatmeal) thickly on to a piece of paper and added worms (rubber bands). 
• Students had the chance to play with water in the sensory table. They especially enjoyed pouring the water through colanders and from pitcher to pitcher. 
• We observed and held worms.
• We created nests for robins after reading A Nest Full of Eggs. We used a variety of materials just as a robin would when building her nest. 
• After learning that rain occurs when a could is full of water, we enjoyed squeezing the water out of cotton ball clouds with tongs. (Great for strengthening our fine motor skills and lots of fun too!
• We had a shared writing chart of our observations about worms.
• We continued to enjoy a market in our dramatic play area. 
• We learned all about airplanes in science class. 

• We charted together words that start with W and practiced making the letter W in the air.
• Students created rainbow mini books.
• We all enjoyed a puddle flannel board rhyme that helped us to practice counting backwards.
• We stamped our names with ink and alphabet stamps.