Week 5: Noah Tastes the Rainbow

I can't believe its been a month! Our experiment in co-op preschool continues into week 5 where we are learning about the story of Noah's ark, the letter "b" and the number 3.

The story of Noah's ark is a great one for this age group (3-4). Plus, we have our very own Noah in the group, which makes it even more awesome. We read the story and then played it out on the felt board.

Addison adding Noah's neighbors. All of whom drown.
I decided not to dwell on that aspect of the story :)

The ark in the sky.

After calendar time we read Jane Belk Moncure's "My "b" Book" and "My Three Book," both of which captured the kids attention. The Moncure number books are especially wonderful. 

Hoping three hops from "My Three Book"

My "b" Book

Using the rainbow template from our workbooks we played with the colors of the rainbow, i.e. Fruit Loops. The kids glued the correct color Fruit Loop into the corresponding arc (we drew in a line of the correct color to help guide them). The girls were awesome at this. The boys were more interested in eating the cereal. They still turned out pretty cute.

Noah tasting the rainbow

In keeping with the Noah's ark theme we had animal cookies for snack. The kids practiced serving themselves, scooping cookies into their cups.

Next we headed outside to practice painting rainbows with fizzy paint, which is baking soda-based outdoor paint that fizzes when you spray it with vinegar. It's lots of fun. Until someone gets squirted in the eye with vinegar.

Fizzy Paint Ingredients (per color):
1/4 C cornstarch
1/2 box baking soda
10 drops food coloring
3 T water

Add in the water until its a little soupier than you might prefer - the paint thickens up as it sits. 

Then, the most amazing thing happened: A GARBAGE TRUCK CAME AND PICKED UP OUR GARBAGE. For the three year old set, garbage trucks are like the Beatles, New Kids on the Block and Justin Bieber wrapped up in a big, stinky box. Heaven.

I love you little garbage pail kids!