Some Easter Fun Before Spring Break

The Touch and Feel pool was filled with clothespins and Styrofoam pellets this morning. The kids had to use the clothespins to pick up the Styrofoam. At first it was easy, but then their tiny fingers started to get tired. Working on strengthening our finger muscles will help with our writing!

During morning circle we finished learning and talking about shadows. We read the story "Shadows" by April Sayre. Two best friends traced each others shadows and found shadows on the beach. The kids have all learned that we need light to make a shadow, that everything has a shadow, and that we can't see our shadows when it is cloudy or dark.

We didn't have time to play musical shadow tag, but it would be a fun game to play on spring break.. You play music and the kids walked around the yard or park. When the music stops they need to find a shadow and tag it. They can't tag the same shadow more than once.

We talked about Easter during literacy circle. We read the story "Peter Rabbit's Happy Easter" by Grace Maccarone. Thinking it will please Mother, Peter Rabbit gathers eggs from his neighbors to give to her. When Peter accidentally knocks over several jars of paint, the eggs are splashed with all the colors of the rainbow. But Mother Rabbit is not pleased, and she tells Peter to return the eggs. He does so, and the next day all the children of the neighborhood had a wonderful time finding the Easter eggs hidden in the garden. The kids made a list of things they do at home for Easter. They decorate Easter eggs, go on a Easter egg hunt, have a Easter basket filled with candy and eggs, go to church, and visit family.

For art the kids made a bunny basket.They glued two pink ears on the bunny. They put a pink nose in the middle of the bunny's face and then glued 3 whiskers on both sides of the nose. The bunny also need 2 eyes. Each bunny needed a handle so we could use it for our Easter egg hunt!

 

 

At the end of the day we took our new baskets outside and the kids went on an Easter egg hunt. They each needed to find 6 Easter eggs in the courtyard. Once all the eggs were found we went back into the classroom and opened them! There were letters inside. The kids shared their letters with a partner and told them what sound each letter made. The kids each picked an Easter egg to take home with them.

We hope you all have a wonderful Easter holiday and Spring Break with your families!  We will miss the kiddos, but hope everyone comes back relaxed and rested!  We have SO much learning to do before the end of the year!!