Our Windy Conclusions
This week we concluded our wind experiments and had some really amazing and profound things to say about the wind:
YEAH! The wind can be inside! It still blows our hair inside. The wind is light and it’s strong, too. – Cleo, 2.8 years
The wind- WOW! It flies! The wind plays. – Antoine, 2.7 years
The wind can blow the feathers. It goes up! – Una, 2.8 years
The wind plays. It’s inside a balloon! – Addie, 2.7 years
The scarf goes up like an elevator! The wind blows the flowers. – Aris, 2.7 years
The wind goes right up there! It blows the feather. The wind blows my hair. – Louisa, 2.6 years
It’s stuck, it’s stuck! Oh, there it goes! It goes out the top and it falls down. – India, 2.9 years
Three Little Pigs
We are all very interested in the story, “The Three Little Pigs.” We shout out our favorite parts with the wolf and the little hairs on our chinny chin chins! Everyone knocks on the table when the Wolf is knocking on the door. Next week we will be creating puppets, houses, and continue acting out parts of the story. What a great way to celebrate literacy and theater in our classroom!
Other happenings:
Shaving cream paper marbling
Beach day! We celebrated our Spanish with sand play, water play, and “pez” creation (fish!). We also made a delicious Ocean in a cup for snack time.
Multi-step project with drawing and watercolor painting
Woodworking and tool use - honing fine motor muscles with screw driver practice and using our fingers for twisting and turning wing-nuts.
Self portraits
Strolling through the neighborhood & picking out flowers for our classroom. We chose a multi-color bouquet of tulips!
Still life painting
Building in all different areas of our classroom, with a multitude of materials.
Science experiments: observing how oil and water do not mix, and adding alka seltzer tabs to see waves and bubbles emerge; we also made a batch of slime and watched as liquids became mostly solid.
Specialists
During Spanish, we talked about weather, what clothes to wear, the body parts of a snowman, and all about snow.
Diane had us squeeze lemon juice and make a fruit salad with strawberries and blueberries.
Coach C had us build ice cream cones with the plastic cones and squishy soccer balls; we also practiced our big kicks.
Mr. Andrew sang us “Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?” and a bunch of our favorites.
REMINDERS
Science Fair tomorrow, Saturday, February 8th from 10-12 - come explore the wind with us!
Monday, February 10th is school picture day - the background is a light teal
Friday, February 14th is our class Valentine’s breakfast party - please bring cards to exchange for all children
We are closed Mon & Tues Feb 17 & 18 for President’s Day
Please let me know if you have questions about summer camp, I’d be happy to let you know all about the program. We are unsure of staffing at the moment, but as soon as we get some enrollment we will be able to figure out who will be with your children. Let me know if you’re interested so we can start planning staff!