Beginning Opposites

Tuesday was the start of our new theme Opposites. We talked about what kinds of things could be opposites and I shared a poem with the children. They practiced their cutting skills by cutting out a BIG pumpkin and a SMALL pumpkin and we hung them in the class. I also showed the children BIG pumpkins and SMALL pumpkins at circle time and the children examined them at the science table. Some even arranged them from big to small...boy did that knock my socks off!

On Thursday we pretended to prepare Thanksgiving dinner by stirring the pumpkin pie filling FAST and then SLOW. The turkey came out of the freezer COLD (brrr!) and then went into the oven where it was HOT (ouch!). We opened a can of cranberry jelly and it was STIFF but then it jiggled on the plate and got WOBBLY. Then we reached for CRUNCHY carrots (crunch!) and then a spoonful of SOFT jello salad (slurp!). The children played in the house where I put all kinds of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients, and made "I am Thankful for..." turkeys. That craft was a big hit! I loved hearing what the children were thankful for.

I also made a delicious smelling homemade apple pie playdough, by mixing 1 cup of cinnamon with 1 cup of applesauce. The whole classroom smelled like an apple pie! This playdough can be reused if covered and stored in the fridge.

At music time, Teacher Wendy continued with our Opposite theme and talked about LEFT/RIGHT, LOUD/SOFT and HIGH/LOW sounds and the children got to play on the piano. Who knew opposites could be so fun?!