Pete The Cat

I was just recently introduced to Pete the Cat, and now I can't get enough of  him! 

I heard about this book and read some ideas about it on a number of blogs this summer, but it wasn't until I happened upon the book at the book store a few weekends ago that I truly understood the fascination with Pete. 

I brought this book into my classroom in the middle of our two week Color Theme Unit and it fit in perfectly.  You see, Pete is a cat that LOVES his white shoes.  But alas, he goes walking along and steps into strawberries and blueberries and so on and so on.  The character education part of this story allows children to see how Pete goes with the flow and doesn't get upset when something happens.  He just changes his tune; literally!

It wasn't until we listened to the version recorded by the author that we truly fell in love!  I sent the link home so the children could enjoy it with their parents as well!  You can find it here.  You can also hear the newest book by Mr. Eric, Pete The Cat Rockin in My School Shoes. 

After several readings, the children did some color word matching to fill in Pete's shoes.

Then, the children completed their own mini books by writing the word "I" and drawing Pete!

I was amazed at their drawings of Pete! 

Green and Blue and Purple

It's COLOR theme time in Kindergarten! 

Our entire kindergarten team planned 9 days of COLOR fun.  We all dress up in a certain color each day and encourage the children to do the same.  We all show our excitement and spirit for kindergarten together.

See what fun with had with GREEN and BLUE and PURPLE!

I put out all the green art materials I could find at the art center.  This included paper, paint, glitter, feathers, stickers and pom poms.

We shared in a reading and singing of this poem--

GREEN

(to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

G-R-E-E-N, G-R-E-E-N

I know how

to spell green,

G-R-E-E-N

Caterpillars are green.

Grasshoppers are too.

I know how

to spell green,

G-R-E-E-N

Next came BLUE day! 

Art supplies included paint, a stamp pad, stars, pom poms, paper, glitter, craft sticks, feathers and stickers!



I remember learning this BLUE song last year for the first time.  It took me so long to pick up on the tune!  Once you get it though, you just can't stop singing it!

BLUE

(to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell)

B-L-U-E spells blue

B-L-U-E spells blue

Hi-ho, did you know?

B-L-U-E spells blue

The big sky is blue.

The ocean is, too!

Hi-ho, did you know?

B-L-U-E spells blue

 Now, onto PURPLE day!

I had less PURPLE art materials to put out today--but the children were just as creative!  They had paper, paint, pom poms, a stamp pad and purple googly eyes to work with.

And the PURPLE poem we shared in went something like this--

PURPLE

(to the tune of This Old Man)

P-U-R  P-L-E

spells the color purple, you see!

Like the grapes on a vine

or some plums on a tree.

P-U-R  P-L-E

On Monday, one of our awesome parent volunteers, Mrs. Claire, came in during Center time.  She worked with a groups of children on color mixing.  She had a crowd of children waiting in line to play!  This Color Mixing Game is one of the Learning Centers from Lakeshore. 

Abby is mixing red and blue!

The children had to put the two color cards together to find out what they make.  

 Austin is mixing red and yellow!

Another center the children worked at during Center time was a color sort on the Smart Board.  This game was a hit!  Here is the link to the site. 



What a colorful couple of weeks we enjoyed together!

Red and Orange and Yellow

It's COLOR theme time in Kindergarten! 

Our entire kindergarten team planned 9 days of COLOR fun.  We all dress up in a certain color each day and encourage the children to do the same.  We all show our excitement and spirit for kindergarten together.

The first three days this week were RED, ORANGE, and YELLOW.

I put out all the red art supplies that I could find during center time and just let the children be creative!



We sang this great RED song to the tune of "Are You Sleeping?"

R-E-D Red

R-E-D Red

I can spell Red!

I can spell Red!

Firetrucks are red

Stop signs are red, too

R-E-D

R-E-D



Each day I put out corresponding colored table cloths.  The faces of the children are priceless when they first come through the door each day and see the blast of color.  In the morning, the children do some "Wake Up Work" at the tables.  I picked out all the orange manipulatives and put them on this table.

Orange art supplies included paper, paint, pom poms, yarn and glitter.



The ORANGE song was to the tune of "Ten Little Indians"

O-R-A-N-G-E

O-R-A-N-G-E

O-R-A-N-G-E

Orange is what that spells!

Jack-O-Lanterns are always orange.

Carrots are always orange.

Oranges are always orange.

O-R-A-N-G-E

Yellow feathers added some excitement to the art center today! 

And the YELLOW song went to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It"

Y-E-L-L-O-W spells yellow! 

Y-E-L-L-O-W spells yellow! 

Like the early morning sun,

when the day has just begun.

Y-E-L-L-O-W spells yellow! 

Like the smiley face that's yellow--

He's such a happy fellow.

Y-E-L-L-O-W spells yellow! 

Six more colors to come--