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Sunday, May 31, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 2015
The Kinder Garden
I love making murals in my classroom, but sometimes it can be a little hectic with 14 kindergarten students all working on different projects. This year we spent a week talking about bugs (butterflies, ants, and honeybees). In pre-k they spent a lot of time talking about the butterfly life cycle and so this year we focused more on the structure and then related it to other bugs. Of course, we hatched out our painted lady butterflies during this time as well. We each chose to make an ant or a bee from three sections of an egg carton. We tried to be anatomically correct with 6 legs, two antennae, and 2 eyes.
Insects (If You're Happy and You Know It)*
Head, thorax, abdomen, abdomen,
Head, thorax, abdomen, abdomen,
Six legs, two wings, and compound eyes
Head, thorax, abdomen, abdomen!
*This is not original! I got it a long time ago from a source that I cannot remember!
The next week we talked about plant structure and needs. The students chose one of 5 groups for our mural: sun, flowers, clouds and rain, ant tunnels, and bugs. They met with their group of 2-3 students and wrote down all the supplies they would need for their project. I gathered each group's supplies for the next day. The first day the sun group finger painted yellow and red. The ant tunnels were cut out of black paper and attached to the board The flower group made stems, drew flowers, and began painting them. The bug people drew some insects they colored with markers and others to be painted later. The clouds and rain people drew the clouds on white paper, attached cotton balls, and cut out raindrops. If they ran out of tasks, they got their book beach bags or journals. The second day, students finished up painting, making leaves, and made all the labels for the board. They worked really well together and are very proud of their creation.
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