When December rolls around, the days are dark early and the weather is sometimes cold and blustery. It feels like a good time to celebrate light AND dark with lanterns, special lights, and candlelight lunches. We have rice and silvery animals in the sensory table, and candles to build with. The light table is out again with translucent blocks.
Kindness is the topic of the day. We talk about how we can be kind to each other, and fill in kindness circles with the help of each child. We write a book about kindness, and each child describes how they are kind.
Writing and illustrating our pages about kindness.
We created lanterns with papier mache and colored tissue paper. They will light up our lunch spots for the rest of December.
We complete tasks by lantern light!
Our greeting this day required some imagination, as gentle hands passed around an "egg" that was about to hatch. So gentle and patient with each other!
The magna tiles take on a new luminosity with battery powered tea lights.
The sensory table is calm and luminous.
These two children created books together over the course of a few days. They needed to problem solve as the tape was not holding their pages together.
lanterns and lunch
We projected a light show onto the wall, and the children explored their shadows. Building with blocks in the light created interesting play!
The projection gave us the experience of colors and shadows, size and liveliness.
We created bird feeders from seed and gelatin that will sit for a few days, and be ready to hang outside. We wonder if they will disappear quickly?
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