Preschool - Week 19 - I Am An Artist

This week we read "I am an Artist."  It is a story about seeing beauty in nature that is often overlooked. How to look at our world through an artist's eyes.  The illustrations are lovely and we enjoyed noting the details in each page.  This book lends itself well to discussing the five senses.  We also talked about how God is creative - the ultimate artist.  By observing the beauty in our world, we can learn more about that aspect of God and thank Him for creating such an amazing world for us to live in!

This was a low-key week, activity-wise. We continued with a page from our math workbook each day.  One day we made a nature-hunt wheel from homeschoolshare.com:

The idea was to take an actual nature walk and look for the things on the wheel. However, mud, cold and wind prevented us from doing this. :( She had fun making the wheel, anywho! And we can use it next time we have a nice day and get out.

The girls took a class from our local Parks and Rec called, "Come to Your Senses."  Very timely to go along with our BFIAR book...  They did a fun activity for each of the five senses:

1. Touch - the kids each got a "touchy board" to take home, which has many different textures for feeling.

2. Sound - they played an animal sounds game, where the kids had to listen to sounds and guess which animal made them.
3. Sight - a look-and-find hunt for items around the room.
4. Smell - the kids took turns smelling different containers and guessing what was inside (i.e. onion, cinnamon).
5. Taste - snack time! The kids tried tart (lemon), salty (pretzels), bitter (bitter chocolate) and sweet (gummy bears).

They each came home with a Five Senses puzzle as well! LOVE these classes - so well done and it's a drop-off! Woo-hoo! :) All these activities would be easily replicated at home, of course, but it's so nice to have a kid-free hour and a half to go to Meijer.