But it took a bit of prep.
Last week I met with the big buddies to introduce them to ‘magic rocks’.
Mixing baking soda and green water makes a paste that we molded around Good Luck coins. We left them to dry so they would be ready for today.
This morning I gathered all our materials and the big buddies set it up outside.
They hung seven different coloured scarves on the fences around the school yard.
Leaving magic rocks around each of the scarves.
Once we were all together we started by singing and signing “I Can Sing a Rainbow”.
Then each little buddy got a colour card and they were off searching.
Running across the field and finding their matching coloured scarf.
They picked up a magic rock and headed back across the field to see what to do
next.
Time to drop their rocks into the pot and watch as we poured in the magic potion (vinegar). The rocks bubbles and foamed. The colour you see is from food colouring that I added to the pot the night before.
The children stirred and watched until the bubbles faded away.
To magically find green coins on the bottom for them to take home.
Maureen, You are just a genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love idea so much. Thank you for it.
ReplyDeleteIt's providencial or something, because I have been thinking and waiting and trying to find a way to really immerse the children in colour using our coloured scarves and have been looking for more ideas to get the StrongStart families outside and running around. There it is all in one!
Heather Allen (Chemainus)
Ah thank Heather. It was so much fun. If you do something similar I would like to hear how it goes.
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