It's Been a Gruff Week

This week we heard several different versions of the Three Billy Goats Gruff fairytale. On Monday we made goats from different shapes, complete with a fuzzy beard.

We made Trolls on Tuesday and they are scaring people off in the hallway.

Wednesday we retold the story using sequence pictures and we did our project while laying on our tummies. It was hard work to use different muscles!

We wrapped up our week by viewing some Youtube tutorials on watercolor painting and then water colored pictures of beautiful meadows.

Please remember to send in recipes by Monday so we can get started on our cookbook! And if you have any empty 20 oz. soda bottles we could use those for our stamp-painting project next week too. Thanks :)

Wrangling in the Southwest

We’ve enjoyed another week of southwest fun!  We built up our fine-motor skills on Monday by lacing a cowboy boot and coloring in the design with colored pencils.

 

 

Tuesday we created horse puppets complete with custom hats and bandanas.
More fine-motor work was done on Wednesday as we tore paper to make a scenic background for a cactus.
Thursday we made yet another page for our person books. It was also our cowboy/cowgirl dress-up day and it was a blast!

AM Cowboys & Cowgirls

PM Cowboys & Cowgirls

 All our “pardners” are displayed individually in their finest western wear on our photo gallery page.
Don't forget to about the FREE children's fair this Saturday at the elementary school gym from 9:30-11:30am.

Howdy Y'All!

Our Southwest unit is a lot of fun!  We are galloping, mosying, trotting, yee hawing, giddyuping and talking about snakes, javelinas, coyotes, and cacti. 

We created coyote suncatchers on Monday and have them decorating our classroom.

 

 

 

Tuesday we painted a javelina (wild, hairy pig found in the southwest) using forks! These are hanging in the hallway to add to the desert-like atmosphere.  On Wednesday we made a paper-chain snake. It was very tricky to make the links into circles vs. teardrops.

We really used our fine motor skills on Thursday to glue tons of beans & pasta onto an armadillo. That was a lot of work pardner!

 

 

 

Our cowboy day dress up day is next Thursday! Please use items you have at home to make a costume such as bandanas, hats, vests, etc. As always, no weapons ... we will not be having a showdown in our western area.