Follow a Rainbow

Today our buddies surprised us with a puzzle.

"Follow the rainbow string to ??"

So we followed it.

The rainbow string went through the office,

up the stairs,

through the library,

and the computer lab.

We had to stop once to untangle ourselves.

The end of the rainbow was at our big buddies classroom.

The grade 3s showed us their Leprechaun traps that they built.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 After they explained how their traps worked we enjoyed a story together.

 This is a new book to me.

Too Many Leprechauns or How that Pot o'Gold  Got to the End of the Rainbow.

It's a story of how Finn tricked the Leprechauns to leave his village 

because they made too much noise with their tap-tap-tapping

making fairy shoes.

Of course at the end of the story was all the gold at the end of the rainbow.

So I provided a bit of gold to share.

We've borrowed one of our buddies traps 

just in case a Leprechaun tries to make mischief 

in our room tomorrow.

Story - The Quarreling Rainbow

Thanks to Alix from our Storytelling group for sharing this short story with me.
The beginning of the video started a bit late so you missed how I introduced the story.
It went like this...
Long ago in a land where fairy tales were made it started to rain and rain and rain....

The story gave us the opportunity to practice the colour signs we've been learning this week.

Rainbows - How Does Yours Look?

Our art table today consisted of six trays of paint and six arches.

We painted rainbows using arches cut from pink insulation foam.

 I love when fun activities teach and inspire.

 I heard this little girl say the colour as she picked up each arch that she wanted.

 She put them all in order till the last one.

 As she sat there and admired her painting

I could see her eyes moving from the green arch at the top

to the bottom of her rainbow.

I waited for her to comment or add something,

but she didn't,

 instead she moved on to gluing on gold pieces

and a pot of gold.

Meanwhile, across the table, her brother was inspired to use the arches in a different way.

 Their mom stood watching.

 She commented on the different approaches her children took to art.

 Both enjoyed their work.

And mom made wonderful, descriptive comments about both.

Here are a few other works of art.

 A 20 month old with encouragement from grandpa,

especially when her fingers got paint on them.

He showed her how to make fingerprints and it

motivated her to keep painting.

 A 3 year olds art.

A 2 year olds art.

Playing with the Green

Green for St. Patrick's Day that is.

An invitation to imagine and make up stories with 

leprechauns and fairies.

 This little Irish gentleman is inviting you to cross his bridge 

and find his gold.

 The fairies are ready for a dip in the pond.

In another part of the room awaited a gnome family.

I had fun creating this 'wee' family over the weekend.

One of my favourite parts of my job is letting my

creativity flow.

Signs of the Week - I Can Sing a Rainbow

This week we are focusing on colours and rainbows.
Here is a song that includes both, "I Can Sing a Rainbow"
Only one problem with the accuracy of this song is that the colour pink is not in a rainbow.

I Can Sing a Rainbow
Red and yellow and pink and green
Purple and orange and blue.
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,
sing a rainbow too.

Listen with your eyes
Listen with your ears
And sing everything you see
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow
sing along with me.
 
Red and yellow and pink and green
Purple and orange and blue.
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,
sing a rainbow too.

Note: I'm not a singer but do the best I can.
If you would like to hear a better version of the song you can find it here.

One Fish Two Fish

Our final day of Dr Seuss book fun and it was with One Fish Two Fish.

 All week the children have had the opportunity to write which is their favourite Dr Seuss book.

Cat in the Hat was the most often quoted.

 This morning the children could make a paper plate fish if they wished.

 

 

Go fishing.

 

 And try a little bit of ocean (blue jello) and fish for snack.

Thank you Dr Seuss for such wonderful books

to inspire many play, art and snack ideas.