Weekly Activities

The children love rainbows and it is usually a topic of conversation when they paint. Bela was interested in the work of the Water Group when they were painting a rainbow.  He thought they were using too many colours. This prompted my asking, what are the colours in the rainbow? Michael: Red, purple, pink and yellow William: Green, red, orange and yellow Tyreese: Blue, yellow and orange Chloe: Purple Bela: Red, green, blue and yellow Ryleigh: Blue, green and purple After conducting an experiment of shining a flashlight on a CD and projecting the image onto paper, the children could see that there were seven colours in a rainbow. Using the colours of the rainbow, the children did a picture of their choice.

William - Rainy Nights Ryleigh - The Sky At Night The children have become more aware of the colours around them and when are outside have been naming the different colours they see. One colour they have been pointing out is blue as we have been fortunate this fall with sunny days and  blue skies. This book prompted a big discussion of what colours could Marisol use to paint the sky. Tyreese said she could use grey because it could be cloudy. Chloe thought white would be good for clouds too. Sofia added that she could use orange and red for sunsets. Keira and Ryleigh thought Marisol could paint the sky black because that is the colour of the sky at night. William thought black and grey could would be good for a stormy day. We looked at the work of a number  artists to see the different perspectives as how to represent the sky in a painting.  The children than drew a nature scene with crayons and used watercolours to paint the sky. Sofia - The Rainbow Rai...

Red and blue will make.... Yellow and red will make.... Using food colouring to mix colours The children experimented with different mediums mixing the primary colours. Prior to mixing the colours, the children predicted what colours would be created through the different combinations. ie. blue and yellow will make..... Through their experimentation the children learned how the primary colours (red, blue, yellow) mixed together create the secondary colours (orange, green, purple). Painting with primary colours. Using shaving cream to mix the primary colours.

The children are learning that there are three primary colours.: red, blue and yellow.  The children shared their knowledge of primary colours found in nature. Bela: leaves can be yellow and rain can be blue. Ryleigh: I saw a red flower. Chloe: The sun is yellow. Tyreese: I saw a bluejay, it was blue. William: The sky is blue. Michael: Water is blue. Using only the primary colours, each child made a collage of their choice depicting something found in nature.

Our summative project is almost complete and will be sent home next week.  All of the children have finished painting their rocks and some have finished gluing on eyes.  The children have put a lot of thought into the colours used and type of eyes for their rocks. The individuality of each child is evident in the rocks making each rock special and unique. The children have answered the following questions: - Tell me about friendship in your life: - Who are your friends and why? - Tell me a time when you gave friendship? - When did you receive friendship? Their responses will be sent home in a card along with their rocks.

We have been talking about all of the wonderful qualities our friends have.  Today, we talked about situations that arise in friendships that aren't always positive.  Using puppets, I acted out different scenarios that sometimes occur amongst friends such as friends not sharing, feeling left out, and a bossy friend. I asked the children how would they solve each of these problem. They brainstormed different ways to change the situation.  Here are the ideas the children had for friends who do not share: - Michael: go play with somewhere else - William: ask may I play? - Ryleigh: how many minutes do you need with the toy? - Tyreese: go somewhere else to play - Bela: ask a teacher for help.

The children were photographers for a day. Their task was to take pictures of their friends at Creative Minds.  After everyone had a turn, we upload the photos to the computer. Looking at the pictures brought smiles and laughter but most importantly pride to the children for both their photography and being honoured as a friend. After the children, each chose a friend to write a poem about.  The pictures of the children on the blog today were captured by each other.