Literacy

On Wednesday, we asked the children to make their own puppets to serve as characters for a collaborative story. They used their imagination and creativity to build their own unique puppets out of various materials and loose parts. On Thursday, each child had the chance to contribute to a collaborative story! It was amazing to see the children feed off of each other’s details. Collaborative storytelling is a great activity that can promote recall, vocabulary, creativity, and listening skills. A video of the story is posted on the Google Drive for your reference.

Sensory

Bubble Art

We had so much fun creating bubble art! In order to make this, you will need:

1 tbsp dish soap
3 tbsp water
Food color

Create solution in a cup. Put down paper and use a straw to blow bubbles over the paper. Watch as the patterns emerge, and ask your child to make observations. This is such a great activity because it combines science, sensory play, and art. You can even create different color solutions to expand the experience!

Color Mixing

The children worked to mix colors to create new ones! We made orange, purple, green, and pink. Color mixing gives children to opportunity to explore paint, engage their fine motor skills, make observations, and practice cause and effect.

Science

We did a shaving cream rain cloud experiment! For this experiment, you will need:

a glass or jar
water
shaving cream
food color

1) Pour water into a glass. Stop about an inch from the top.
2) Add a thin layer of shaving cream on top of the water.
3) Add a few drops of food color to the shaving cream. Watch as the food color passes through the shaving cream cloud and drips into the water!

This is such a fun science experiment! You can ask your child to make predictions and observations, as well as practice their fine motor skills and independence with pouring.

Movement

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Some songs the children enjoyed this week:

  • Run, Baby, Run

  • We Are the Dinosaurs

  • The Goldfish

  • Shake Your Sillies Out

  • Party Freeze Dance Song

  • Animals Freeze Dance Song

  • Shapes Freeze Dance Song

  • Baby Shark

  • Fire Truck!

  • Shake My Sillies Out

  • Banana, Banana, Meatball

Materials for next week:

  • egg carton

  • construction paper

  • paint

  • ingredients for pizza: english muffins, pita, naan, etc., sauce, and cheese

  • baking soda

  • vinegar

  • food coloring

  • water colors

  • zip loc bags

  • flour

Have a great weekend!