I teach the oldest three's class at our preschool. At this point in the year, some of them are already four. Most of them will be four by January. In my class, each month has a different theme and each day focuses on a different aspect of this theme. October's theme was Colors. There was a red day, a yellow day, a blue day... etc.
November's theme was Shapes. Each day we explored a new shape, looking at its properties and recreating and finding that shape in art, sports, science, nature, food, and music. On circle day, I had a large poster of Kandinsky's painting Squares with Concentric Circles. We looked at the painting and talked about the colors and shapes we saw. Using bottle caps of different sizes, squares cut out from foam scraps, and tacky glue (spread on with popsicle sticks because squeezing those bottles is really hard), my kids got creative. They received no instructions, just the supplies and the muse (Kandinsky's poster).
Next year, I will give them colored construction paper to create on instead of the white paper. Then I will frame it on a larger paper for a cleaner finish. This project was so fun and leant itself to great math convos (comparing sizes of bottle caps and different shapes, making patterns) which I hadn't really expected. Definitely staying on the lesson plan for next year!
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