Messy Haifa Day Outside and Inside

Today the tire exploration area on the playground was set up. Stones and little rocks were placed inside two tires and then various "jewels" were added without the children there. Many of the children came over, took little cups and began digging for jewels inside the tires. Some of the children continued to do this during the majority of our outdoor time. The children then took their cup of treasures home. This activity will continue as a regular part of our playground time. Inside we painted like Jackson Pollock. We splattered, brushed and painted with potato mashers, sponges, bathroom puffs etc. a la Jackson Pollock. It was great and messy fun. Our creations are fabulous and look like JP himself did them. Stay tuned....tomorrow we have a real artist coming. Jay Green's Grandmother will be visiting our class with her water colors. We cleaned out the garden yesterday ad sure enough some of the bulbs we planted last fall are coming up. this must mean that spring will be here eventually.