Airplane Side Play

 Last week I taped outlines of planes to our carpeted area.

 

The stick shifts attracted the babies and toddlers.

A parent modeled playing on the plane which encouraged her little one to join in.

While another figured it out and played along with me.

Banana Cookies

I found this simple recipe at Craftulate and decided to make it with the children

last week.

 

First thing was to mash the bananas.

Instead of using a masher the children peeled the bananas and put them

into ziplock bags.

Then pounded, squished and mashed them smooth.

 Next we measured in the oatmeal

 and the applesauce.

 We stirred in the milk and raisins.

Then scooped the dough into little muffin tins to bake.

They are surprisingly good.

Even without added butter, sugar or fat.

I think some cinnamon or nutmeg would be a nice addition.

But they are so simple that several families took the recipe home.

Playing with Colours

 We've been exploring colours.

 I set up non-messy colour mixing in ziplock bags.

 I added bubble wrap in a couple of them to add texture.

They mixed as well as trying to pop the bubbles.

As they smooshed they noticed that the colours were mixing together.

 

They began to use the coloured shapes to look at the colours.

Did they find some that matched?

The end of our play.

Well mixed, well done.

Loose Parts to Airplanes

Yes another post about airplanes.

This time the children used the materials in our art area

to make their own little plane.

I was given a bunch of empty toothpaste boxes.

Perfect size for a hand held plane.

They used a wide variety of materials,

some of the containers hadn't been off the shelf in a long time.

We used rubber bands, tape and glue to piece it all together.

 

 

Most of the planes went home.

Some flew over to our model airport.

Playing and Painting with Pete the Cat

The children love Pete the Cat.

I love Pete the Cat and the message it holds.

Most of the children have read the book so I gathered

props for them to retell the story.

I printed pictures of strawberries, blueberries, mud and a tub of water.

Coloured shoes matched each picture.

The children had fun trying to put the different shoes on Pete.

Some were successful others were not.

One day I moved the story book to the art table

where I had plastic shoes and paint for the children to explore.

There was also a small tub of water.
Can you see the print that was made from the water?

Airport Inspection

Alex, who gave us tours of our local airport came in to visit our program this week.

He checked out our plane,

security,

brought us baggage tags,

and got a demo of how to signal the plane where to land.

We learned a lot from visiting our airport.

We thank Alex for sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm for his job.

Ready to Fly

While the children were busy buying their tickets and checking their luggage

they wondered where the plane was.

Here it is.

A control panel that we have used for several years.

Lots of buttons and switches to push and move.

This is the beginning of our airplane.

Cardboard panels define the body of the plane.

Classroom chairs fill it up.

The windows are photos printed from the internet.

We've since added front window photos for the pilot.

They are images of our airport.

Watch for future photos.

The seats have bags on the back to hold the safety cards.

Each chair has it's own seat belt.

We are ready to fly!