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Painting trees with threes

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Painting trees with threes Painting trees is fun because you could use anything to make a tree pattern. First, we put glue on a rectangle for the trunk.  This girl thought it was fun to make an "R" which starts her name with the glue.  Good reason to let kids use the glue. Then, we use wax paper crumbled up and dipped in paint to create leaves.  We used red, orange, and green.  In the fall we use yellow and brown, too.  Let the kids print away.  No matter where they put the paint, it will always make a neat leafy tree. You will have to replace the wax paper when it gets too much paint on it and starts to flatten, so bring the whole roll to school with you.  The kids loved this project.  Some even did it twice.  Some kids noticed the paint was mixing to create other colors.  This is one of my favorite tree art.  I love to hang it in the room because it adds so much color to the room.  It reminds me of being outside.

Getting to know a new class in March

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I have been moved to a new classroom with four year olds.  Not only do they need to get to know a new teacher, but I have to get to know them very quickly before our next assessments are due and the end of the year comes.  (our end of the year is May 8)  Needless to say, I have very little time to get to know everything about each child and the way they learn. Every class loves Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom.  And there are some great ideas on how to extend the book out there.  This is the one I chose to help me introduce myself to the kids and introduce the kids to me.  I found this wonderful Chicka, Chicka class book worksheet at Teachers pay teachers for free by Lidia Barbosa at  Kinderlatino.com    I used the cover page that Lidia Barbosa so nicely gave me and let each child make their own coconut tree. I gave them a brown rectangle to use as the trunk.  Then gave them a piece of green tissue paper to rip into leaves (pr...