All the fun things!

March ushers in a new fruit of the spirit for Compass Kids Chapel:  Gentleness.  We talked about what gentleness is. We learned that Compass Kids are kids who are gentle with each other.  We enjoyed dancing to and learning our new praise song as well as some of our favorites from throughout the year! 

This week, PreK students explored the letter B with a Bear theme! They started our their week creating their very own codes for Botley! During circle times this week, they learned about the different types of bears from grizzly and black to polar bear! They crafted a bear out of the letter B.
Their sensory room time was full of fun B things! They could paint a butterfly, play with beanie babies, build with tools, play with boats and floating blocks in water, build with bristle blocks, make a beaded bracelet and even create a baseball b craft! Whew!
Tuesday was so exciting because all the prek kiddos got together for a teddy bear picnic pizza party! They had a blast playing games with their bears like relay races and catching "fish" to feed their bears! Math time even got in on the bear fun when they used little bears to measure and graph the lengths of their stuffed animals!
Science time was electrifying! They learned about static electricity and used this knowledge to make tissue paper butterflies "Fly" with balloons!

Preschoolers went on a Rainforest adventure for letter R this week! They explored animals in the rainforest and had a blast dancing to all sorts of rainforest songs! They created a rainforest out of the letter R! They also had fun finger-painting and making a raincloud display! 
In addition to the rainforest, our kiddos explored the science of Rainbows!  After learning how a real rainbow is formed, they "grew" a rainbow with washable markers, paper towel and water!
Their sensory room time was full R/rainforest fun! They could play with the rainforest play set, play in rainbow rice, sort rainbow pom poms, race cars down the racetrack, paint a rainbow, and make a rainbow robot!
No letter R week would be complete without painting our own pet rocks! The children had a blast painting and naming their very own pet rocks. 

Our Bright Beginnings students also explored the rainforest during their school week! They enjoyed dancing to R and rainforest songs.  They also had a blast trying out rainbow ribbon dancing! They listened to exciting rainforest stories and had fun crafting their own rainforests.
They explored the number 1 with lots of rainbow fun! They each took turns finding #1 on the SmartBoard and covered it with a rainbow!
Our littlest learners enjoyed their sensory time as well with the rainforest play set, rainbow rice and rainforest animals, rainbow pom poms, and racetrack!
It was a Rad week!