Showing posts with label Farm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farm. Show all posts

Friday, October 16, 2015

Five for Friday Catch Up

My last few Fridays quickly turned into busy weekends.  Then it was the middle of the next week and I still hadn't started my post!  Join me as I finally link up with Five for Friday!
 
 
 

I've been admiring this cute apple art down the hall and knew I had to share it with you!
This crafty teacher began by having her three year old class watercolor on paper towels.  Once those were dry, she placed the paper towel under the precut apple frames and trimmed along the edges.  Next, she took those remnant paper towel pieces and put them behind small apple diecuts.  The apple diecuts were attached with yarn making a mobile-like display.  I thought this was a very creative use of diecuts and a colorful fall display!

Finally finished our Farm studies! 
We graphed our favorite farm animals.

 
Created a farm book.
 
Made our own butter
And, yes...it really was THAT exciting!
 
 
We don't always have a real fall season in the south.  I remember more than a few Halloween evenings where you wouldn't wear your costume the whole night of trick or treating because it was too hot and sticky.  This year, however, we're having a nice fall with perfectly comfortable weather.  Perfect for picking a pumpkin! 
 
Here's a couple of photos from my son's high school hockey team's Pumpkin Patch.  They're selling pumpkins as a fundraiser so they can rent the ice rink each week for practice.

 
 
What do you do when your custodian asks if you 'd like a big cardboard box?
You let the kids paint it and turn it into a firetruck!
 
One of my students used the magnetic letters to spell my assistant's name.

 
He couldn't find a letter D for my name.  We had to laugh when he decided to substitute the letter B because he said it almost sounded the same! 

 
Have a wonderful fall weekend!
 


Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Tops & Bottoms

Here's a little riddle for you...
  • I have a great moral found within my story. 
  • I am filled with gorgeous illustrations. 
  • I tie in nicely with farming and harvesting units.  
  • I make a fun art project. 
What book am I?
 
 
Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens is a great read aloud in the fall when you focus on farms, planting, and harvesting crops.  You could also use this book in the springtime when your students are learning about seeds and vegetables.  This book is ideal for kindergarteners and older children but with just a bit of explanation, my class of older 4's and young 5's enjoyed it very much as well.

After reading Tops & Bottoms, we created some pretty vegetable prints. 
 
We had a tray of TOPS such as corn, broccoli, peppers, and green beans.
 
 
And a tray of BOTTOMS such as potatoes, radishes, carrots, and mushrooms.
 
My students loved painting with vegetables.  Especially the ones they don't like to eat! 
 
 
Once our Tops & Bottoms artwork was dry, we displayed them down the hall to create our own little preschool vegetable patch!
 

 

I'm joining Mrs. Jump's Class weekly We Love Books linky party!  Make sure you visit her blog to see what everyone's reading this week!


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Friday, October 10, 2014

Five for Friday-Down on the Farm

 
Thank goodness it's Friday and we're getting a long weekend! 
 
My class finished our Farm unit and made the CUTEST books that I'm so anxious to share with you! 
 
 
For the COVER, each student was given a large red rectangle barn.  They snipped off a triangle shape from the top corners to make the roof of their barn and then cut white strips of construction paper to add details of a barn door.  



Each child cut a body & head, added facial details, and drew legs for their COW page. 

 I'm really LOVING this 5 legged bovine! 
 
 
 
 
The PIG page was created using three graduated sizes of circles. Templates made from a large dinner plate, bowl, and cup were transformed into the pig's body, head, and snout.   This feminine piggy looks like she can stand her ground with those big sturdy legs! 

 
 
 
 Our ROOSTER page reinforced reading color words as we watercolored this farm favorite.
 
 
 
 
The boys and girls got a big laugh out of tracing their shoes as the shape for the HORSE's head! 
 
 
 
 
Pretty white SHEEP were easily painted with little fingers.
 
 
These whimsical FARM books were a wonderful way to review several sight words and to give the children more opportunities in following step-by-step directions.    They're sure to be a hit with our Young 5's preschool families, too!
 
Click on over to Doodle Bugs Teaching Five for Friday to see what everyone is sharing today!
 
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