Our Superhero Investigation Part 2

We had a great time learning about superheroes and working in our centers. The biggest job for us to do with our learning was to apply it o our recognition program theme and prepare for the show!

We started practicing our song and script in April. We practiced everyday! During our center rotations Ms. West and I worked with the students on two different things. She helped them create personal superhero logos for their capes and I worked with them on the set design.

Cape Logos
You can't be a superhero without a logo! As part of their costume for the program we ordered capes for them to wear. Ms. West created a list of basic symbols for the students to choose from and each student made a sketch of the logo they wanted. She then used foam sheets to have them cut apart their pieces. Once they were assembled we traced them with puffy paint and they were placed on the child's cape.

Set Design
We always feel that it's important to have the children be part of the process of making decorations. For our stage the students made action bubbles by using black paint and Q-Tips to make the pop art look then painted the letters. They also painted our superhero training headquarters sign and drew superhero logos. They made clouds using white paint and glue and we used their art work from centers to decorate the walls.

In addition to prepping costumes and the stage we also took superhero pictures to give to the parents. Here are a few cuties!

I had a great t-shirt designer in California named Lindsay Cochran who has an Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/lindsxopresses
They said Knowledge is Power because that was one of our songs!

It's become a tradition that our kinders also cross over our special bridge into first grade. With the help of my dads I had the bridge that was built for last year's show and awesome cardboard buildings.

Our big day came and the kids were ready! I never get to take many pictures because we are so busy running the program but we got a few shots of the kids in their outfits. This turned out to be a great investigation and led to a great program! After the show we bid farewell to this class and they celebrated with their families. We are looking forward to seeing what super things they  do in the future and can't wait to see what our new group will want to investigate next year!