Masterpiece Monday---2016

Looking forward to starting the new year with Masterpiece Monday socks that Santa dropped off to me!  Tomorrow?  More fun with Kandinsky! 

Can I Help You?

We can't help everyone,

but everyone can help someone.

Ronald Reagan

Make a resolution to help someone in 2016!

Snowmen and Dinosaurs 2016

Yesterday was a very productive day at MCP putting away all of our Christmas activities and setting up new centers for the new year.  This should give you a good idea of what will be happening in our room the next month...

DINOSAURS...

Our art center will have dinosaur stencils that the MWF classes can trace, color and cut and add to our bulletin board.  We will make tally marks, count and press 'the easy button.'  For more ideas on bulletin boards or to see past dinosaur boards, check under the 'Bulletin Board' label.

Dinosaurs are BIG so they need BIG numbers.  Our MWF classes will have dinosaurs numbered from 12-20.  Children add stickers, a teacher checks and then students can press the 'easy button.' The TTh class will have snowmen and snowflakes numbered 4-10. This activity is located in our Discovery Center.

Sensory tub and center activities---
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/01/preschool-paleontologists.html

How to draw a dinosaur---
http://www.metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/01/dinosaur-drawings_11.html

Digging for dinosaurs in the classroom---
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/01/dinosaur-dig.html


SNOW...
January means all things snowy in our classroom.  The tree in our garden bulletin board has lost it's leaves, the grass is covered with snow and waiting for students to create snowmen.
 

The lacing basket in our Discovery Center is filled with snowman lacing cards.

Snowman ABC/123 games and activities---
http://www.metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/01/snowmen-abcs-123s.html

Snowflake lacing---
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/01/let-it-snow.html

Snowmen, dinosaurs and a whole lot more will keep us pretty warm and toasty in January.  Hope you and your child are finds lots to keep you busy!

Transformers

We need more transformers for Christmas.

"When you educate a child, you transform communities and when you transform communities you can change the world."

Debra Broughton

Principal

Whitney Achievement Elementary School

Memphis, Tennessee

Cake Boss

Although Mrs. Claus' Bakery has closed for the season at MCP, I wanted to share this idea.  We added a piping bag and I was amazed how many kiddos knew how to use it correctly.  I purchased the bag for a dollar at my favorite dollar store, filled with fiberfill and ran a stitch across to the top several times to close.  The piping tip is super glued.  The kiddos piped icing on cookies, cupcakes and more!

Have a fun filled holiday with your child!

Happy Birthday, Wassily Kandinsky!

 It took two class periods but our Kandinsky pieces are complete.  Our first class the children covered the canvas with colors of their choice.  We encouraged them to place colors 'next to' each other and not on top of each other. 

We love it when the children request more paint for their palette!  We have introduced lots and lots of vocabulary during this unit! 

Here are some of the finished pieces after day one.

On Monday, we looked at Kandinsky's work and talked about straight and curvy lines, dots and circles.  We gave each child black paint.  On the tables, the children were able to choose between brushes, Q-tips and marker lids for circles.

We watched some cool jazz!

Herbie Hancock-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAlejqkd-gg

Vince Guaraldi  Linus and Lucy- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1LUXQWzCno

Collection of work-http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/

Mr. Kandinsky would be 149 years old today.  Happy Birthday, Kandinsky!

Christmas Collages-2015

Our art center always has a collage box.  For Christmas it filled with all things red and green. Find and box and fill it with red and green items for you child to glue at home.