There's no one like Mom

Although I haven't blogged lately (not sure if anyone's out there!!), our classroom has been ablaze with activity! We reviewed, tested, and conquered! I'm so proud of my little ones, they worked very hard and so now the FUN begins! We are going to wrap up the year with our unit on Australia, sprinkled with other activities. Our most recent art adventure was our present to our moms for Mother's Day. It took me awhile to figure out what kind of project we were going to do, so I piggy-backed off our Earth Day theme. My kids were really into reusing every-day items for other purposes, so we collected water bottles to use as flower vases. Then I thought we could actually make our own flowers, rather than buying them, so I played around with some tissue paper until I found an easy way for firsties to make roses. They LOVED making their flowers for their moms. It took a couple of sit-downs to finish, but we looked at it like a knitting project, or puzzle that takes time to complete. They were so meticulous with their design, it was endearing to watch! We put them on some pipe cleaners, and decorated our bottles with glitter glue (not a lot would stick on the plastic). I put beans at the bottom to weigh down the bottle, and they actually looked like little rocks! We then wrote a letter to our moms expressing how much they mean to us. I think their moms will be very happy and will keep these reused gems forever!