This was our busiest week yet! The children began planning and building their robots, were introduced to a new artist of the month and spent two days celebrating Dr. Seuss! Phew! I can't believe it's Friday already!
We kicked off the week planning how we are going to build our robots. The children were invited to the "planning station" in small groups to begin the planning process. Once the children drew their robot and planned how it was going to be made, off to the "creation station" they went! The robots are beginning to take form however, we still need another week of building!
On Wednesday, the children were introduced to the new artist of the month, Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter from the Netherlands who is best known for his distant paintings of sharp, exact lines and bold primary colors. Although Mondrian's line's were very exact, the preschoolers were able to recreate his piece, "Tableau 2" (1922) using colored squares of paper. The children were focused as they carefully chose shapes to fit on there black rectangular piece of paper. We should be completing our art soon and when complete, we will hang them on the classroom bulletin board for all to see.
Lastly, Dr. Seuss' (and our friend Dominic, too!) birthday was on Thursday, March 2nd! We celebrated on Thursday and Friday with lots of silly rhyming, Cat in the Hat hats, colorful beans in the sensory table and lots of Dr. Seuss read alouds!
If you would like to continue the Dr. Seuss celebrations, Diamond Middle School in Lexington (right up the street from SEE) is preforming Seussical the Musical, Jr. this weekend. There are still ticket's available for the Sunday matinee show at 11am. I am sure the children will be happy to see this silly show! Definitely worth checking out!
What's up Next?
We will pick back up with robot planning and building next week! We will also study what is inside of a robot's body, aka "the parts." Stay tuned for pictures of the the children's robots!
We will pick back up with robot planning and building next week! We will also study what is inside of a robot's body, aka "the parts." Stay tuned for pictures of the the children's robots!
Upcoming Dates and Reminders:
March 5: Seussical the Musical, Jr. at Diamond Middle School
March 12: Rescheduled Cookie Decorating at Whole Foods!
April 3: April Tuition is due
April 17-21: SEE closed for Spring Break
April 25 & 26: School picture days! Stay tuned for more info!
March 12: Rescheduled Cookie Decorating at Whole Foods!
April 3: April Tuition is due
April 17-21: SEE closed for Spring Break
April 25 & 26: School picture days! Stay tuned for more info!
Pictures from the week:
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| Colorful Dr. Seuss inspired sensory table with beans! |
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| A Piet Mondrian original |
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| The pre-K completed their class book inspired by the story, "Not a Stick" by Antoinette Portis |
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| Art in action! |
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| Silly rhyming words |
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| Sorting robots by size |
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| The Cat in the Hat would be proud! Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Joanna |
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