The Bunnies have been talking and learning about shapes. First, triangles and circles. The children painted some 3-D triangles with paint and of course, a little glitter. This group loves 3-D stuff in art! Also we read the book Ten Black Dots focusing on all the things you could make with circles. Then each Bunny made their own page for a class book. Owen was just beginning his page of four balloons in the photo.
Earlier, I referred to the book Mouse Paint which is great for exploring color mixing. We did a bit of our own mouse paint in art. We dipped little mice (they look real, don't they!) in red, yellow and blue paint and then walked them across the white paper. Super fun!
I'm thinking that a few Bunny Rabbit moms have car floorboards that look like a little beach. 
We've been reading books about colors and color mixing. Mouse Paint is a wonderful story that nicely illustrates the three primary colors mixing into three secondary colors. We did a little science experiment so the Bunnies could see colors mixing in slow motion. We used clear pitchers filled with water. I squirted a layer of shaving cream on top of the water and then the children suggested color combinations to mix together. I dripped concentrated liquid watercolors on the shaving cream. Eventually the watercolors trickle down into the water, but the shaving cream slows the process down and allows for easy viewing of the colors blending together. 
So the Bunnies are really good at reading and enjoying books. The cleaning up part...umm...not so much.
For a couple of months now, a few Bunny girls have been hooked on making snowflakes. I showed Karis how to make one from construction paper one day. She taught the other girls how to make them, and she even dictated instructions for me to write so her mother could make snowflakes, too. She was convinced her mommy did not know how! After a few weeks of construction paper (which is thick when folded), I gave the girls coffee filters. Whew - they were much easier to cut. Oh my, they've made hundreds of snowflakes!
Recently we had some really neat spinning tops in our sensory table. Each top had a marker tip on the end so when it spun, the children could see the pattern the top made on paper. As you can see from the marks on the paper, some children could make the tops spin and some could not. No matter. It was fun anyway! One of the Bunnies said the top made a tornado. Do you see it?
We have these funny building components in our room. We call them "golfball builders", but I'm sure they have another name. They look like they have a golfball on one end, and the other end has a two pronged hook. They link together like a ball joint. At the beginning of the year hardly anyone could figure out how to play with these. Now that we are in the latter part of the year, these have become more interesting! Weston made glasses for me to wear, and Evan had to try them on, too. So cool!!
In the Bunny Rabbit class there are conflicts. Conflicts are completely normal. Learning how to work them out can be a challenge. There can be many sources of conflict - possession, jealousy, impatience, curiosity, over-enthusiasm. Sometimes, the conflict is simply accidental. In the picture above Karis had carefully stacked up the people blocks to measure them. Weston came over to check out what was going on and accidentally bumped the table causing, well, you know what! Of course Karis wasn't happy about having her hard work knocked over. Weston certainly didn't mean to knock them over. Hmmm - what to do, what to do?? I happened to be nearby and suggested to Karis that she tell Weston how she had set them up and he could reconstruct it for her. Let me tell you Karis took her role seriously and gave fantastic directions. Weston took his job seriously too, and built it back exactly as she told him. Conflict resolved! 
Pet Vet is always a winner activity year after year. I must say that this group of Bunny Rabbits was particularly in LOVE with our pet vet activities. Our stuffed bunnies and puppies got all the vaccinations they could ever hope to need. Their ears got thorough inspections and they spent a fair amount of time in their crates travelling around the room. Everyone can rest assured that our stuffed friends are healthy!
Celebrating and experiencing our western heritage is part of our culture here in our state. At the preschool level those experiences help form ideas and concepts of history at a very introductory level. 
February is the month for LOVE! The Bunny Rabbits painted large hearts with race cars -their wheels made really cool tracks. The Bunnies also decorated their own Valentine bags and exchanged Valentines with their friends. Some of the children could even spell LOVE using some die cut letters in our office center.
The Bunnies learned to sew. It is very easy for little children to learn IF you give them the right supplies. We use burlap, a large embroidery or quilting hoop, a large plastic needle, and yarn or other neat fibers. All the grown up does is tie the knot and give some verbal directions like "Go up from the bottom" and "Go down through the top". Sew simple!!
We spent some time exploring what it must have been like for Jesus when he was a boy. We had a book that we discussed that showed pictures of modern life and what life must have been like thousands of years ago. It was a great way to practice comparing and contrasting. 
This is a game called Feed the Bunny. There is a little basket, about 24 little carrots, a pair of tongs, and a bunny face with an open mouth. (You can only see the back of the bunny in the photo.) At the beginning of the year very few children could operate the tongs well enough to pick up a carrot, transfer it to the bunny's mouth without dropping it, feed it to the bunny through the little mouth, release the carrot, remove the tongs and do it over and over again. Now it's February and EVERY child can do it!!
After a long absence, Zoe, the guinea pig from Mrs. Magee's Zebra class, came for a visit. We were all amazed at how much Zoe had grown since she was last a guest in our Bunny class. 
Owen is serious about tape. Notice the double dispensers!
Recently we replaced our beloved playdough with Floam. Floam is an interesting thing - hard to describe. It's like teen tiny little sticky balls. 
When we have read a book in class as a group, we leave it out on the book shelf for children to explore on their own for a few more weeks. It's nice to hear the children chat about books they've read!