Nature Preschool had a lovely week discovering the colors of spring! We focused on rainbows, light and color. The spring scene at Irvine is mostly green. Luckily the nature preschoolers have expert “owl eyes” and spotted red leaves, orange clay, yellow dandelions, blueish earthworms and purple violets. Our week was full of overcast, damp days; those are the best kinds for massive mud play and hiking in the rain!
Our favorite moments this week included:
– Making a colorful class rainbow by painting and printing with our hands!
– Eating plenty of colorful fruits for snack – we even made kabobs.
– Reading stories while mixing two different colors of playdough. The children loved seeing the new color start to reveal itself!
– Camouflaging in the forest under green sheets. It was the ultimate game of hide and seek!
– Dancing, swirling and whirling with stick rainbow ribbon dancers!
We are still waiting for sun to come out and reveal our rainbow! Until then, check out all the fun in our picture galleries below.
In Spring Storms,
Nature Preschool at Irvine Nature Center
Outdoor Exploration
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- Stage Dancers
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- Miss Devon and the Chipmunks read in the fairy circle.
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- Look at this enormous mud pie!
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- Mud Play
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- The Coyotes are camouflaging in the green woods!
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- Rabbit Friends
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- Smiling Bunny
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- I spy with my little eye…
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- The rabbits can balance on logs even on damp days!
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- The Coyotes form a circle to get ready for a new game.
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- Observing Tadpoles
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- Pond Water
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- Bouquet
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- Miss Erin and a little fox friend are searching for spring colors!
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- Checking on the tadpoles.
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- Can you spot those sneaky foxes hiding behind the gazebo?
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- The Foxes made this little fox out of natural materials!
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- The Bears explore the outdoor classroom.
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- Hammering with a stump and stick!
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- Stage Climber
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- The Foxes and Flying Squirrels come together to put on a show!
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- Digging in the mud pit in the Outdoor Classroom.
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- Ribbon Dancers
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- Ribbon dancing in the meadow!
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- Watch out for the blob!
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- Scissor snipping in the meadow is a great way to develop strong fine motor skills!
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- GASP!
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- Chipmunks come together on the trail.
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- The Chipmunks and Coyotes practice for the flower ceremony together!
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- Teamwork in the outdoor classroom!
Discoveries In Nature
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- Green Leaves, Overcast Skies
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- Raindrops On Leaves
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- Water In The Birdbath
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- Baby Bluebirds
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- Nest?
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- New blooms in the Woodland Garden!
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- A Small Spider
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- Floating Leaves
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- Earthworm
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- Purple Flowers
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- Snail
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- Snake
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- A fox mom joined us on our hike and helped us get a close look at the snake we discovered!
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- Yellow!
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- Bones
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- Y Stick
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- Buttercups
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- Star Shaped Blossoms
In The Classroom
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- Making Rainbow Kabobs
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- Printing with Rubber Animals: Step 1 – Paint
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- Step 2 – Print
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- Step 3 – Admire!
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- Class Rainbow
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- Cutting Playdough
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- Sorting colorful bottle caps into 10 frames.
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- Painting and Printing On Foil
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- Sorting Beads By Color
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- Rainbow Beading
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- Writing Table
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- Rainbow Writing
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- Building Complex Creations
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- Butterfly Symmetry Challenge!
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- Sensory Bin: Shaving Cream and Watercolors
