Theme – This week we will continue our Unit 4 of the Owl, World of Color. During this unit students will interact with colors explore topics such as color mixing, stains, fading, camouflage, and color patterns. Students will learn that color can be found in nature, that color can carry information, that paints and dyes are used to color things, colors can be mixed to make new colors and that sun and washing can make colors fade.Yellow is the color of the week.Please have your child wear yellow on Thursday.

Stories –Dog’s Colorful Day- Emma Dodd
The Lion and the Little Red Bird-Elisa Kleven
Mouse Paint Ellen Walsh

Small Groups -
Science –Color Mixing-Students will be observing and exploring colors and how they blend and mix to create new colors while making frosting and decorating sugar cookies.
Math- Students will develop one to one corresspondence skills as they make Ice Cream Cone math books.
Writing- We will use Dog’s Colorful Day as an inspiration to our own personal books. Each child will create their own retelling of this class book.

Choice: - -Easel – Ice cream cone pictures.
Sensory table -Treasure hunt in the pasta table
Dramatic Play – Cub Cadet Ice Cream Shop.
Art Table- Yellow collages
Library-Books about colors
Blocks –Colored legos
Games- matching colors game

Music:
1) Clap Your Hands
2) Bingo 3) Five Green and Speckled Frogs 4) Green grass 5) Down By the Bay 6) Bananas7) Five Little MonkeysPoems: Hands on Shoulders, Stand Up, Pease Porridge Hot