This week we had fun making clean mud which is a mixture of toilet paper torn into small pieces, grated ivory soap bars, and water. It mixes up into a nice texture and you can use it like clay and shape it into objects. It also has a nice aroma to it when you're using it. We also made our Valentine's bags for the party on Monday. Each child decorated theirs and we watercolored hearts. When the hearts dry, we'll cut them apart and then glue them onto a background to make a great display of their artwork.
Mrs. Amey also came into our school on Thursday and she put on a puppet show which was enjoyed by the whole school. She shared her Disney Puppets and her Disney Books. We went swimming on Thursday and it was wonderful!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Letter Pretzels and Popcorn Snowman
This past week we enjoyed making letter pretzels and it's always fun eating your creations! We also made a hot cocoa mix and enjoyed that with our pretzels. We've been singing a song about winter and how we can sit by the window watching the snowflakes falling down and sip hot cocoa. That sounded like fun so we made some for ourselves to enjoy. We also made popcorn snowman and we enjoyed eating the leftovers. The children melted margarine with marshmallows and then added popcorn. We shaped the mixture into snowman and then decorated them.
Dates to Remember:
Swimming on Thursday, February 10
Valentine's Party at 2:00 on Monday, February 14
Dental Hygienist on Wednesday, February 16
World of Bounce on Thursday, February 17
Swimming on Thursday, February 24
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Swimming in the Afternoons and February Plans
We swam for the first time in the afternoon last Thursday and it was very successful. The children did very well with the change in schedule and we feel that it will be better for the children to have a few days rest after swimming and a whole week of school. We returned to the school after swimming just in time for a snack and then it was dismissal time.
This past week we also had our ice races in the gym which was a lot of fun! Previously, we filled several containers of various sizes with water with the children and they helped us find room in our freezers to place our containers. On Wednesday, we gathered all of our frozen containers, put our mittens or gloves on, and separated the various ice cubes from their containers. We started off picking two students who picked the ice cube of their choice and then sat behind the starting line. We predicted which ice cube would go the furthest and then the students pushed their ice as hard as they could and we put a piece of masking tape with their name on it to mark their spot. When all the children had a chance to race, we measured each spot and talked about measuring and distances. After that, any of the children that wanted to continue to race were able to race to their hearts content! We brought out our little swimming pool to place all of our ice cubes in and we talked about what made the ice melt and why. The children added salt to their ice cubes to see the effect that made. The children really enjoyed this activity and we learned a little about the properties of water in different forms.
We have started a small Kindergarten readiness class for the students that will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. We meet together as a group and we do one activity together that helps the children with their listening skills and following teacher directions. We'll send some of their work home so you can see their wonderful progress and we'll save some of their work for their scrapbooks that you'll receive at the end of the school year.
Our water table has been very popular this month so we'll continue that for February. We have funnels, hoses, turkey basters and eye droppers for the children to experiment with and they're learning a lot! We will also freeze water in balloons this week and then peel off the balloon when they're frozen. Then we'll experiment with the ice balls and see if we can use salt to melt the ice to make snowman with them. We'll also use our eye droppers to add food coloring to allow the children to see how the ice balls melt with the salt a little more clearly.
With Valentine's day around the corner we'll be talking about friendship and how to make friends and how to be a good friend. We'll have a Valentine's party on Valentine's Day where we'll share valentines with each other. I'll send home a letter about this with all the children's names. February is also Dental Health Month and on Wednesday, February 16, we'll have a dental hygienist come in and talk to the children about their teeth and the importance of brushing them.
This past week we also had our ice races in the gym which was a lot of fun! Previously, we filled several containers of various sizes with water with the children and they helped us find room in our freezers to place our containers. On Wednesday, we gathered all of our frozen containers, put our mittens or gloves on, and separated the various ice cubes from their containers. We started off picking two students who picked the ice cube of their choice and then sat behind the starting line. We predicted which ice cube would go the furthest and then the students pushed their ice as hard as they could and we put a piece of masking tape with their name on it to mark their spot. When all the children had a chance to race, we measured each spot and talked about measuring and distances. After that, any of the children that wanted to continue to race were able to race to their hearts content! We brought out our little swimming pool to place all of our ice cubes in and we talked about what made the ice melt and why. The children added salt to their ice cubes to see the effect that made. The children really enjoyed this activity and we learned a little about the properties of water in different forms.
We have started a small Kindergarten readiness class for the students that will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. We meet together as a group and we do one activity together that helps the children with their listening skills and following teacher directions. We'll send some of their work home so you can see their wonderful progress and we'll save some of their work for their scrapbooks that you'll receive at the end of the school year.
Our water table has been very popular this month so we'll continue that for February. We have funnels, hoses, turkey basters and eye droppers for the children to experiment with and they're learning a lot! We will also freeze water in balloons this week and then peel off the balloon when they're frozen. Then we'll experiment with the ice balls and see if we can use salt to melt the ice to make snowman with them. We'll also use our eye droppers to add food coloring to allow the children to see how the ice balls melt with the salt a little more clearly.
With Valentine's day around the corner we'll be talking about friendship and how to make friends and how to be a good friend. We'll have a Valentine's party on Valentine's Day where we'll share valentines with each other. I'll send home a letter about this with all the children's names. February is also Dental Health Month and on Wednesday, February 16, we'll have a dental hygienist come in and talk to the children about their teeth and the importance of brushing them.
Dates to Remember:
Swimming on Thursday, February 10
Valentine's Party at 2:00 on Monday, February 14
Dental Hygienist on Wednesday, February 16
Swimming on Thursday, February 24
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