Zoo Cage Prints

Today we made prints again - it's a favourite activity.
With styrofoam trays we used a pencil to press lines to represent a cage.

We used roller brushes to
cover them with paint.

Then pressed stamps shaped
with animals heads onto the cage.

Owl Babies Reenactment

Almost everyday this week we've read the story Owl Babies by Martin Waddell. It's a fun repetitive story about 3 owl babies who wonder where there Mother has gone.

Today I made 3 owl hats using baseball caps, feathers and cupcake liners. Set them up in the reading corner on 3 seats (representing the branches in the tree).

At story I asked for volunteers to play the roles of the babies and then we told the story.

Our little owls did a great job repeating their lines and at the end when Mother Owl returned they flapped their wings and danced.

Feather Painting

Today at the craft table we used feathers instead of paint brushes.

We used feathers, different size tubes taped together and tubes cut in half to make different marks on owl shaped paper.
The children strokes were very light on the paper.
The parents were able to make marks that looked like feathers.

We wondered what you call a group owls? A flock?
We decided on a family.

Owl Craft

We've been focusing on owls this week and the last couple of days the craft table has been covered with materials to make owl paper bag puppets. The creations have been wonderful.









Here are a few examples;

Pumpkin Growing Experiment

Today we started what will be a year long science experiment.








We cut open one of our leftover pumpkins and planted the seeds in a container.

Then we took another pumpkin and walked to one of our families yards and planted seeds in their garden.

Now we will watch and compare which will grow and when.

Rolling Pin Painting

Today at the art table we did roller pin painting. We used regular roller paint brushes that is cut into different designs. Then I used a couple of old rolling pins and glue items on them. One had a cord wrapped around it that made great lines. The other I cut animal shapes from foam and glued it on.

Busy Hallowe'en Week

We have had an amazing week at StrongStart. So many more children than normal came in to play.

We spread pumpkin butter on pumpkin pancakes for snack this week.


We carved a pumpkin to check out what was inside.
















Then we made our own pumpkin showing on one side what the innards look like.











We made puffy ghosts using white glue and shaving cream. The paper was folded then opened, a blob of the puffy paint was put on one side then the paper refolded. The children smoothed down the paper (squishing the puffy paint inside). When they opened their paper they saw two ghosts. They added wiggly eyes.



We painted tuna cans to look like jack o'lanterns.








We shaved a pumpkin.












There was lots of hammering
being done to carve another
pumpkin.








Red lentils and black beans in with bats and jack o'lanterns in the sensory table.






And earth worms to find when digging in the sand box.






To top it off we had fun singing "Knock, Knock, Trick or Treat" from Super Simple Songs



Hope everyone has a safe and fun Hallowe'en.