The very first day of school we put our heads together and we all dreamed the same dream. It was a beautiful dream: we were bees building our new home in a small forest. We loved that dream and when we woke up, we decided to work all together and make it come true. First, we exchanged our ideas and experiences about bees.
Then we made a plan with everything we would like to have in our forest.
Now we were ready to start working on our plan. First each of us made our own bee. Our classroom filled with bees buzzing in the air!
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We worked all together to make our beehive. We took turns in small groups and covered a balloon with small pieces of yellow paper. Then we twisted yellow yarn around the balloon to decorate it. Our home was ready!
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Some students worked on making birds, butterflies and dragonflies. Another small group of students made the sun, while a second group made two fluffy clouds.
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We worked all together one more time to make a rainbow. First we found out that a rainbow has 7 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Then we cut small pieces of colored paper and used them to create the most beautiful collage!
The rainbow was something that captured our interest. "Are we going to see a real one?" someone asked. "Let's try to make a real one and see it" was the answer. We read that a real rainbow is made out of light and water. So, we decided to experiment first with just light, and then with both light and water.
First, we created a rainbow with a CD and flash light. It was so nice to see the reflection on our wall! We even touched that rainbow. It was cold!
First, we created a rainbow with a CD and flash light. It was so nice to see the reflection on our wall! We even touched that rainbow. It was cold!
Then we experimented with water and sunlight. It was so interesting to see a real rainbow, but at the same time so tricky; the rainbow kept appearing and disappearing!
We could see our classroom turning slowly slowly into the bee-forest we had dreamed about. There are still a few more things to work on, but we are happy to know that dreams do come true!