Rainbows & Rabbits

Yep, another preschool week! Obviously, I had the Letter R.

Tuesday, I went with a RAINBOW theme. This was super duper fun!!! I started off reading What Makes a Rainbow? to the kids. We went over the different colors in the rainbow, and HOW a rainbow is created. To show them how this works, I filled my glass beverage jar with water and when the sunlight came through the window and hit the water in the jar, it cast a huge prism on my kitchen floor! The kids were amazed!!

We worked on writing the letter R

Then we got down to business and started on part of our snack for the day! RAINBOW cake! The kids were just dying over this! Each kid (6, Preston got to fill in for an absent Kimberly) got a cup of batter and we colored the batter accordingly. Good lesson for primary and secondary colors, which we talked about as we mixed. Then each kid took their turn pouring the batter into the cake pans.While the cake was baking, I sent the kids outside for recess, which included coloring with rainbow sidewalk chalk.When they came inside, we had the other part of our snack, a rainbow of fruit!! Strawberry, orange, pineapple, kiwi, blueberries and grapes!!

While the cake was cooling, we worked on a few more fun rainbow activities: sorting Froot Loops and threading them onto yarn to make necklaces!!

and these CUTE rainbow streamersThen came the best part, the part everyone was looking forward to...
EATING our RAINBOW cake! Yum!! How fun is that?!?

Today, we talked about RABBITS. I was kinda wishing I knew someone in real life that owned a bunny we could have played with. :/ But since I was planning my lesson kinda last minute, I didn't have time for that, darn. Anyhow, to start things off, I read the famous Aesop fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. (I know, technicalities...)Then of course, up to the table to writing practice. I love Gavin's concentration face here!

Then we took the letter R and made it into a RABBIT--- coloring, cutting, gluing.Ta-da!!

Time for outside play! We did a few RACES, just like the tortoise and the "RABBIT." First, the kids had to balance a cotton ball on a spoon. If they dropped it, they had to go back to the start. We did this one several times. A huge hit!

Then they hopped like bunnies, er, I mean RABBITS.Then they crab-walked!

That wore them right out, so we headed inside for drink & snack. This time, we had Rice cakes, Raspberries, Raisins and carrots (think RABBIT) dipped in Ranch dressing. :) Quite the eclectic mix, but everyone devoured the yummies and asked for seconds!

Last, we did some RABBIT sequencing and shadow matching. These kids are smarty pants and had this done in no time! So I let them back outside to play until their moms came for pickup. That's what they love most afterall. :)

The thing that had me cracking up today was their conversations over our craft. The girls were totally scheduling playdates with each other and each was claiming everyone as their "friend." I'm so glad that they've been able to bond with each other and get to know one another a little bit better. Gavin and Carson, the only two boys in the group, are pretty good buds!I breathe a heavy sigh of relief when my week is done. I'm always able to come up with fun ideas (read: swiping other's ideas off the internet), but I'm glad that I only have to stress about this every 6 weeks! I can't believe there is only 2 teaching weeks left for me until we're done!