From Concept to Creation
This week we sat down to take a peek inside a woodworking book to decide what we’d like to create next. There were a lot of exciting ideas, including a clock, a tool caddy, and a tic tac toe game board. It was really hard to decide what we should make next, but the game board won by a narrow margin!
The first step in game creation was to use a real drill to make holes! This was exciting - we all sat around a small table and watched as Rachel used the drill. Some of us thought that the drill was going to be super loud, but were surprised when it didn’t make too much noise! We counted as the drill created all 9 holes that we need for our game.
Once the holes were in place, we were able to paint and add some finishing touches. Next up- the game pieces! (They should be delivered next week).
Constructibles
To continue building our experience with tools and getting different pieces to connect with each other, we started using constructibles. The different sized and shaped pieces are put together with wooden screws and nuts. What a great way to start learning how to use our fingers to twist and turn!
Engineering with Marshmallows
Each child was able to use one marshmallow and one popsicle stick to contribute to a class construction! The sticks were hard to get to stand up, but we had an amazing time trying!
Applied Mathematics
Just like we did for our home fun, each child was able to roll a di three times and see what number landed on top. We worked on counting, and then we graphed our results. Two was the most rolled number, and one and six were the least.
Other 2A Happenings:
Constructing a barn and making farm animals to practice in both English and Spanish
Learning about color mixing and using primary colors
Light and Shadow play with our light projector
Oats and farm animals in our sensory bin
Working on drawing shapes and letters in various different ways
Specialists
During Spanish we reviewed our colors with dancing scarves, revisited our winter animals, and talked about the weather.
Diane helped us make a salad dressing with oil, vinegar, and Italian herbs. We then drizzled it over a cabbage and carrot salad.
Coach C had us work on our big and little kicks
Reminders
We are closed on Monday, January 20th for MLK Jr Day
Friday, Jan 24th we will be celebrating Chinese New Year (and it’s Eudenis’ birthday!!)
The week of Jan 27th is Kindness week, and we will be working on a lot of empathy and kindness activities!
Our annual Science fair is Saturday, Feb. 8th - We can’t wait to show you our amazing project!!
Monday, Feb. 10th is school picture day
Feb 17 & 18 we are closed for Presidents Day