“Bubbles”
“More”
During the course of this week, we’ve continued to work on many projects. One of them being the chemical reaction between Baking soda and vinegar. The children first explored the baking soda and its consistency. Children first enjoyed making lines with their fingers and then incorporated materials such as a roller that left different marks behind. After the children’s exploration, they were given squeeze bottles that contained food coloring and vinegar inside. Children then manipulated these bottles in order to get the liquid out, they surely worked very hard on their fine motor skills! Children then enjoyed watching the chemical reaction of these two substances.
On Tuesday we explored and manipulated both shaving cream and paint. To begin, we first displayed the shaving cream. Our friends enjoyed the sound the shaving cream made when it was released from its bottle our friend Millie even giggled! The children explored the shaving cream freely, some friends touched it and explored it with their bodies while other friends sat down to observe it. Afterwards we squeezed paint with the help of our friends and explored!!
On Wednesday we decided to take a trip to the market in search for apples! While on the way to the market we encountered many dogs, although grezzly was our favorite! While in the market we observed and talked about the different apples there were and their different colors. We also practiced saying “excuse me” to the other costumers in the market, our friends did such a great job!
“Excuse me”
Thursday was a busy day, we started our day with paint! Our friends had a mission to create our beloved friend and neighbor Teagan also very known as Tt a birthday card! Our friends independently selected the paint of their choice and squeezed the bottle on to their paper. They were given the option to use paint brushes although some friends decided to explore with their fingers. In the afternoon we made apple prints with the apples we bought the day before! This activity also encouraged a variety of learning. There was the sensory experience with the apples — seeing, touching, and smelling the apples while painting. Letting the children use unconventional art materials encouraged them to “think outside the box”. They were also able to explore colors, color-mixing, shapes, and textures. We also tasted the four different apples!
Friday we finished our friend, Teagan’s birthday gift. Our friends worked very hard they mixed two colors, blue and purple. They also added extra details by using a fork. Our friends observed very carefully at the different lines the forks made.
Specialists:
Cooking:
For cooking class we definitely worked on our fine, gross motor, observation, science concepts along with language, math and literacy. This week for cooking we made a delicious grape salad! We began our cooking class by talking about where grapes come from. We then identified the two different color grapes we had, red and green. After this we proceeded by tasting these two grapes and comparing them, coming into a conclusion that green grapes are sour! Our friends helped us mix the grapes and then squeeze the lime juice by taking turns!
Spanish:
During Spanish class we sang songs such as “Buenos dias como estas, Como esta el clima. Puedes hacer una cara feliz” and of course 1A’s favorite “Hasta mañana”
Class 1A will love any donations of leaves, pine cones, and acorns, boxes and or any recycled materials if you happen to come across any this weekend.
Reminders:
Our annual Halloween parade will take place Oct 31st at 9:30 AM - please let us know if someone will not be able to attend with your child