April Showers...

Today was officially "crazy weather". It was blustery and SNOWING! I don't mind- I will gladly take a few freak snow storms, if I can have a few days of spring sprinkled here and there.

Today we did a fun craft- supplied in my Funshine Express curriculum monthly kit. Funshine Express suggested dipping coffee filters in water/food coloring. I gave the kids a choice. (I didn't think food color in water would be as fun as just painting with watercolors.) The kids were unanimous- they wanted to experiment with the food coloring/water!

They love the unconventional art projects that Funshine Express provides.
The coffee filters are going to be the tops of "umbrellas".

Half the kids worked on the coffee filters while the other half- decorated their paper with finger print "raindrops".

We let everything dry while we did our rotations and stations. Then after snack, everything was dry- so we were able to put them together.

We read a cute book at story time, called Rain drop Plop!

Weather : In like a Lion out with a Lamb

This month, one of our themes is Weather. Funshine Express suggested introducing the old saying, "March comes in like a Lion and out like a lamb".  We have been having wacky weather here! Yesterday it snowed in the morning- then the sun came out, melted all the snow and felt like a great spring day!

What a perfect theme! We made this cute craft Funshine Express provided. (One side is a lion... and the other... you get the idea.) It was a cute craft.


And then- a game that I modified from Funshine Express... we played again. Except not with partners this time.

I love how simple the ideas and suggestions Funshine Express offers in their monthly curriculum guide. They are so clever and fun. I love that often - they suggest ideas with common things I have around the house! It is easy to add and introduce new elements into our preschool day.

Raindrop Game

 

We had so much fun with that heart- puzzle- matching game Funshine Express suggested last month,

I made a similar game- with the shapes being raindrops.

 

Also- we made Weather Gauges (everything provided by Funshine Express Monthly Curriculum). The kids were excited- because we have something like in our weather station center.