Noah's Ark

This week we focused on Noah's Ark. In conjunction with the water of the flood, we did a wonderful science experiment. Noah’s ark was built of wood. Why? In order to find out why we conducted a Sink or Float experiment and we charted our predictions and results. 

     We also learned that Noah lined the different animals two by two and brought them into the ark as pairs. We played a matching game with pictures of different types of animals. The children took turns matching/pairing their animals to their friends’.

     For a project, each child decorated their own rainbow and raindrops. On each raindrop the children shared something nice that they can do for friends and family. We want to make sure we treat others nicely, just like Noah did.

We then learned how rainbows are made. We read What Makes a Rainbow? by Betty Schwartz and did a science experiment, using a flashlight and a CD. We discussed that the sun (our flashlight) contains all of the color of the rainbow and when the sun passes through the water (the CD) the colors separate and we see a rainbow. We first turned off our classroom lights, and then turned on the flashlight, and then the light refracted off the back of the CD in order to create a lovely rainbow. 

        Additionally, we baked yummy rainbow cupcakes!

Painting Class

This week we focused on Pablo Picasso and his “Blue Period.” Picasso was sad during this period and chose to express himself through painting with blue. We noticed that he used a variety of blue shades and we decided to make our own expressive “Blue Period “ masterpieces.