Preschool W week

Preschool this week started out with lego building time.  They really loved it and it was difficult to break them away to start the real stuff.  Jackson plays so much longer with things when there are others around to help encourage his creativity.

 I decided to let Hallie skip her nap (since she's been doing this almost daily anyway) and play with us at preschool.  She was in heaven.  She loved watching the kids and trying to do just what they did (sitting on their mat, eating a snack, etc)

We were learning about W . . . mostly around the theme of weather.  The kids drew a card that had a weather on it and had to dress ready for that kind of weather.

 We learned about water in the air and condensation.  Then we watched clouds get full of rain and 'rain' into the atmosphere.  (water/shaving cream then use a medicine dropper to add colored water until it leaks through and 'rains' into the water)

 We ate waffles, read weather books, and played with a parachute.  Then we had a 'snowball' fight with marshmallows and powdered sugar.  It was fun because when you got hit with a marshmallow, there was a powdered sugar mark to prove it!  In the 80 degree weather, this was a perfect snowball fight.  Jackson got the worst of it!

On our wet, windy weather day we practiced plucking worms with beaks.  

Then ate worms out of dirt (gummy worms & chocolate pudding) apparently, you shouldn't tell  3-year-olds that it really is mud . . .they believe you and won't eat it . . . or at least the ones who aren't use to that kind of teasing :)

this project was gluing different clouds in the sky, the streamers represent rain and then it is a wind sock which we let blow in a fan (since AZ has no wind currently). 

We also made umbrellas with painted paper plates, we experimented with what will blow in the wind (using the fan) and played with Arizona style 'snow' (diaper filling (pre-used :)) and water).  

Once again, I really love teaching this preschool!  It probably was a little too heavy on the crafts this week and not enough action, but now I know that even kids get craft saturated.  I only teach one more week until our little preschool is over :(  I am hoping to do this again for all of my kids. 

*Don't know if you can tell but we finally got a new DSLR camera!  It is SO nice!  The photos were taken with no help from the user (besides clicking the button) and they still turned out great!  So excited to take it places!