One Day I Will --- International Women's Day

One day, I will be able to look around my community, my country and our world and see that all  children are receiving quality early childhood education.  

For more information on the One day I will...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/living/international-womens-day-google-doodle-feat/index.html

Share your dreams at...
https://landing.google.com/onedayiwill/

National Pancake Day

National Pancake Day needs the 'Pancake Song.

(It really is National Pancake Day.)

The words and the tune---

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-impenetrable-cereal-box-fort-part-2.html

Pablo Picasso 2016

Last week our preK students learned that Picasso began to look at and paint things in a much different way than other artists.  This style became known as 'cubism'.  The children looked at many of Picasso's cubist paintings.

We also began a discussion on two dimensional and three dimensional shapes.  We learned a cube is a three dimensional shape.  I had two cubes with magazine faces.  We looked at the two dimensional picture.  I folded the cube and we saw the picture was still there but it looked very different.

 

For the children to create their own cubist portrait, we had them draw black lines.

The children were instructed to color.  We didn't care if they stayed within the lines or not.  We always tell them that it is their art and their choice.

During the week,  the children completed their portrait in small groups during center time.  They added eyes, nose, a mouth and hair.  They will be hanging in our MCP Art Gallery soon!

More fun with Picasso---

Gallery Picassohead

http://www.picassohead.com/

Paint Your Own Picasso

http://www.colgate.com/en/us/kids/kids-corner?Game=Picasso

MCP Space Station

Our preschoolers will be experiencing some out of this world fun! 

Dramatic Play

Rocket and Rocket Boosters How to---

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/03/to-infinity-and-beyond.html

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/10/firemen-scuba-divers-and-astronauts.html

Math

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2014/03/spacethe-final-frontier.html

Science preK

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/03/deep-space.html

Craters preK

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/03/beam-me-up.html

PreK students also 'travelled' to deep space last Friday.  Ask your child what it is like in deep space and why! 

NASA YouTube

Crew Quarters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ7n24CtEFw

Ping Pong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLbhrMCM4_0

NASA TV

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

MCP Sculpture Walk

Our Masterpiece Monday will introduce the concept of sculptures to our young artists.  For more information---

http://www.metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/03/mcp-sculptures-2015.html

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2013/03/sculpture-unit-2013.html

There are many public sculptures in and around the Peoria area including the Sculpture Walk downtown.  Check out this past post for ideas to use with your child along the walk---http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/09/sculpture-walk-peoria.html

Octopus in the News

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/scientist-possible-new-octopus-species-found-near-hawaii/ar-BBqmAtn?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

Backyard Birds

Our TTh 3 y/o are busy learning about birds. 

We made birdfeeders.  More info and 'how to'---

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/11/feed-birds.html

Children can count birds and then press 'the easy button'

Today we learned eggs are strong!

An easy experiment to do at home.  We placed 24 I SPY books on top of the eggs and no breakage!

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/03/today-was-egg-citing.html