Hello families. Well, another virtual week of 3B is in the books and it was a fun week! We thought this would be a great week to go back and talk a bit about feelings with the 3B friends. This is a subject we cover quite a lot to start the year, something we visit and explore to let the children know that all of their feelings are valid and that we should all be comfortable talking about how we are feeling in the classroom. Now that we are all navigating our shelter-in-place lives, it feels as though we may have entered another schoolyear altogether. We are happy that the 3B friends have acclimated to our new situation so well. We also want them to remember that 3B is still their space and they can always talk to us just like they could in the classroom.
We enjoyed a fun math game in which the children helped roll a die, practiced their number recognition, counted the dots, then found a corresponding number of items from home of a chosen color. This seems like a lot of layers for the class to attend to, but all of them completed the challenges with smiles and energy. This is a great game to play at home, too, if you’re looking for an activity to do.
Our afternoon sessions were, once again, fun and full. We spent an afternoon with repurposed materials making a variety of masks from cardboard, paper scraps, and drawing on them. It was great to see how each child created a mask all their own and the great pride they took in showing their masks off after completing them.
Another afternoon, we delved into science by submerging a regular chicken egg in vinegar. Each of the 3B friends hypothesized what would happen to the egg by the time we looked at it two days later. Many of the friends hypothesized that the egg would actually be soft, as it was, and many felt that it would change colors or sizes. The brown eggs did, in fact, change color. They became a shade or two lighter. A couple of the friends popped their eggs and noticed that the yolk and egg whites had changed too, they had gotten thicker than usual. This was great fun for all of us!
Have a great weekend!
Afternoon Activities - 5/4 - 5/8
Monday - Art/building - Collaging family portraits
One regular sheet of paper
Paper scraps for collaging
Glue stick/glue
Markers/Crayons/Pens, etc.
Tuesday - Science - Coloring white carnations or celery - Scientific method
Food coloring
A few white carnations or celery branches (one per color)
Cups or glasses (one per color)
Wednesday - Movement - Movement Songs and a Book (time permitting)
No materials needed
Thursday - Cooking/recipes - Cucumber and carrot cups and dip
1 large cucumber (to use as a cup)
1 carrot and or celery branch to cut into sticks
Hummus or other dip of your choice
Spoon
Sharp knife
Friday - Book Making/illustration/Writing - 1/2 Self-Portraits on Portrait
One portrait printed out (if possible) to be cut/folded in half - any size will work, though 8x7 or larger may be best
Regular piece of paper
Tape or glue stick
Markers/Crayons/Pens, etc.
