Bear Hunt Sound Walk

   
Today was our annual Picnic at the Gardens.  Here is this year’s version of Going on a Bear Hunt.

I cut up a book and laminated the pages for the families to read as they walked from spot to spot. 
   
 
          Ribbons to go swishy, swashy as the long grass.
      
 
Bottles of water for the splish, splash of walking through the river.
        
    
        Slinkys for squelch, squerch of walking through mud.
         
   
    Rhythm sticks for walking and tripping through the forest.
         
    
        Bubbles to make the Hooo wooo for the snow storm.
        
 
          Finally leading to a cave where you’ll find a BEAR!

Butterfly Snack

   This morning our butterflies began to emerge from their chrysalis.
                 
         We celebrated by making a butterfly to eat for snack.
      
Offering mandarin orange sections, pretzel sticks and craisins the children
                    were encouraged to design a butterfly.
                   
                     
                      Orange pieces make perfect wings.

Bead Threading

            
I saw this idea on another site, I think Teach Preschool, but I couldn’t
find the link so I apologize for not giving correct credit.
  
I’ve been collecting beads at thrift stores for awhile so was able to offer
a variety, wooden, plastic, round, oblong, letters for threading.
     
The children were so focused on threading the beads on to the wire.
And quickly learned to hold the wire while threading.
        
The children’s first reaction to the beads was running their fingers through them and dumping the bowls which meant my biggest concern was to keep them on the table, safe from little one’s mouths.
                
                
This activity has been out for two weeks and the families have been awesome
in keeping it safe for and enjoyable for all.

Clay Play

           
  
          

Millie’s Corn

               Back in March Millie wanted to grow corn. 
She started by putting some kernels in paper towel inside a plastic bag.
 
After Spring Break she took it down from the window to see if anything changed.
  
We saw one little sprout.  So she wrapped them again and got the paper really wet before putting it back in the bag and taping it back on the window.
 
During her next visit this is what she found when she unwrapped her kernels.

It was time to plant.

       
               She placed them once again on the window sill

    and created a sign to let everyone know what she was growing.

                 
The corn grew very well in the cup but it was time to plant them out doors.
   
          
Millie’s mom invited our program to help plant a garden at their home.  I’ll save that for another post.  But here is where we transplanted Millie’s corn.  We'll see if her ambition and perseverance pays off with cobs of corn.