Group Meeting:  For today and tomorrow, we will be learning about rainbows.  With St. Patrick's Day coming and Spring weather, we wanted to take some time to learn about this weather event.

Story:  The story for today was Ava and the Rainbow Who Stayed by Geb Adamson.  In this story, it is raining and the sun is coming out.  Ava knows that a rainbow will appear in the sky.  She hurries to find it before it disappears.  However, the rainbow doesn't disappear.  It decides to stay.  For a while, the rainbow is very special.  People come from far away to see the rainbow.  Souvenirs are made for people who come to see the rainbow.  Gradually, the people are so used to seeing the rainbow that it is no longer special.  This makes the rainbow sad.  It goes away.  Ask your child to tell you what brings the rainbow back. 

Small Groups:  The children did an experiment with milk, liquid watercolor, and dish soap.  I poured milk into pie tins.  The children used eye droppers to drop color onto the milk.  Then, one child put dish soap onto the end of a Q-tip and touched the milk.  Ask your child to tell you what happened next.  This is a great experiment to do at home.  You can use food coloring instead of the liquid watercolor.

Large Group:  The children in the Green Group brought items for Show and Tell. 

Letter Learning:  The letter for today was Rr (for rainbows, just a coincidence).

Snacks:  The morning snack was blueberries and cheese cubes brought by Laurel.  The afternoon snack was blackberries and Cheerios brought by Rory.  Thank you, Laurel and Rory!