So in our first week we painted with a paint brush which we thought was great, last week we painted with our fingers which was even better but this week we tried 2 more ways to paint!
This week we read a story called Rainbow Fish. It is a really good story about a really beautiful fish who doesn’t want to share at first but then realizes that when he shares he is so much happier. It’s a pretty important lesson to remember, we always have more fun when we share. After we read the story Ms. Tara told us that we would be painting our own rainbow fish. What she didn’t tell us right away was how we would be painting them! We actually painted right onto bubble wrap and then pressed the painted side onto some paper to make a print. Because of the bubbles the fish look like they have scales! It’s really neat! The next time you are at the school stop by and have a look, the finished pictures are hanging on our wall and the bubble wrap fish are on our window!
The painting didn’t end there! Ms. Tara wants to make sure that we know how to spell our names so we did another activity to make sure we know them inside and out. This time Ms. Tara helped us write our names in glue, then she sprinkled salt all over the glue. That was pretty amazing but it got even better! She gave us coloured water and paintbrushes so that we could turn the salt from white into all different colours. She let us choose any colours that we wanted. Once they dried they became almost like crystals, they look awesome! Ms. Tara liked them so much she put them behind her desk.
Just so you know we do more in Pre-K than just paint. Over the past 3 weeks we have also been starting to learn the sounds that some of the letters make. Our first 3 letters have been S, A and T. We have been listening to songs about these letters, we have been tracing them, colouring pictures of things that start with these letters, making the letters with blocks…we just can’t get enough!