Heart Art

The kindergartners designed giant hearts with 

crayon and then used watercolor paints on top 

to make beautiful valentines!

 

Art Centers

 

On this day, I set up Art centers for the kids.  They sure

loved it!  Everyone was so happy.  At one center they

made a Bald Eagle puppet and I taught them about

that bird.

I thought these puppets looked pretty cool!

At this center, they watched a video of bird artist, David

Sibley as he taught them how to draw a Black-capped

Chickadee.

I was very impressed with how their sketches 

turned out!

At this center, they used Q-tips to paint a snowman.

Reading Centers

 

On some mornings, I teach the Reading lesson and then the kids are put into groups where they rotate from one table to the other working on language arts skills.  The kids love it and it teach them responsibility.  They have to work hard, do their own work or work together depending on the activity and they have to clean their area before I give the signal to move on.  Here is another glimpse into your kindergartner's day.

This activity seemed to be a favorite.

This activity focuses on sight words.  Build it, write it

and then read it in a sentence.

I always include a book reading center where I can 

listen to them read the books aloud.

The students are making the letters I wrote on the chart.

Making letters with play-doh is a good activity.

Birds From Nicaragua For All

A big thank you to Tanya Urquieta for mailing us a surprise from Nicaragua!  Each of the student were able to choose three of these cute birds that Tanya purchased at the market.  The kids were very excited!

 

Do You Think it Will Float?

 

Today I taught them the scientific method.  We talked about how scientist are curious people and they wonder about things.  Then they make some guesses before they do experiments to see it they were right.  I had the students guess if they thought certain items would float or sink.  They wrote that in marker in the "Guess" column.  Then we did the experiment using "Preheim's Pond".  I would ask, "Do you think it would float?"  They would do a drum roll on the table before I tossed it into the pond.  Then they would use their pencil to write "Yes or No".  It was a lot of fun and there was quite a bit of cheering!  At the end, we all threw our pencils in to be silly!  Guess what?  They floated!

Winter Snow Scenes

I cut shapes into potatoes and they stamped a snow scene with that and small sponges.  Then they added the details with Q-tips and colorful paint to make a masterpiece.  These kids really love art projects!

Some Classroom Art and Pictures From December

 

Thank You to Fairway Seeds!

A BIG thank you to Fairway Seeds for donating two awesome

books to our classroom!  We really love them and that is so

great that they care about us and want us to learn!

 

How Many Birds Can They ID?

These kindergartners have amazing recall and were able to 

identify 240 species of birds today!  Wow!  

 

Bird-y Christmas Tree Art

 

This art project was very popular with the kindergartners and they were so happy as they decorated their paper Christmas tree with bird photos.  They were also excited to look through the magazines and see birds that they knew.  Here are some of their masterpieces.