Under the Sea

As Summer is right around the corner, it's time to head to the ocean!  This week we are diving into the sea by talking about all the animals you might see as well as what makes the ocean water different from lake water.  The children did lots of activities this week that were science driven. 

While wearing their sea goggles they made, they tasted the difference between Swedish Fish in salty water and just blue tap water.  Their faces were funny to watch!

The little ones enjoyed searching for the fish and shells underneath the "ocean".

Shaking up their Ocean Discovery Bottles!

 Our cooking project this week was called "Ocean in a Cup".  The children made blue jello in the morning and then let it set throughout the day.  Then they scooped out the jello and crushed up Nilla Wafers into their cup to show the ocean and the sand.  They looked pretty delicious!

Zoo

Welcome to the ZOO!  At least that's what it feels like around here some days!  This week, we pretended to take a trip to the zoo.  The children talked about all the different animals that you might see at the zoo.  They even made masks to look like the different animals and tried to act like each one.  We also practiced patterns this week with animals that have stripes and those that have spots.  As we thought about these different animals, we discussed the habitats that they might live in.  The children had fun using some play animals and trying to make a home for them.

Space

It's one of our favorite weeks- SPACE!  We always have so much fun learning about outer space and pretending to be Astronauts.  This week, the children made their own planets but also each class painted and decorated some Styrofoam balls to make the planets for our school wide Solar System that you see hanging down our hallway. 

Pre-K used paper plates to make a 

 

Solar System right outside their classroom!

They used a coffee filter and water paint to make Earth!

 We also talked about rockets so the children turned their names into rockets!  This was a great, fun way to practice our names!  Our cooking project was "Rocket Dogs" which were hot dogs made to look like rockets.

Our letter of the week was "k" so some of the classes made "k is for kite" while others did "k is for koala".  We can't forget about our color of the week as well!  The 2 year old class made a collage of red items they found!

As you can see, our kids are OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!

Earth Day

Monday was Earth Day so we spent the week talking about the ways we can take care of our Earth!  We started the week of by our oldest classes getting to plant their very own flower in our flower beds out in front of our school.  They did such a great job and were proud to show their parents which one they planted.  Let's just hope I remember to water them so that they stay alive! 

One of our classes made a special snack to go along with Earth Day- DIRT CUPS!  They thought it was so funny to eat "dirt"!

For art projects this week, they did some activities to show they were going to help take care of our great planet.  They even reused broken crayons by melting them down and making them into a crayon that even looked like Earth!

Help us take care of the world around us!

Plants & Flowers

April Showers, bring May flowers!  This week we are focusing on plants and flowers.  Flowers always make beautiful masterpieces but we of course did some lessons in other subjects as well.



These were made using the bottom of a coke bottle!





 Our number of the week is 5 so one class used 5 petals to make their flower!

 The cooking project even involved flowers!  They made fruit flowers using strawberries and bananas!

Bugs & Insects

Well, we've gone BUGGY around here!  The classrooms are "buzzing" with awesome activities this week!  They've done art projects with butterflies, ladybugs, spiders, etc.



Our cooking project was called "Ladybug Crackers".  The children had fun making their snack look like a ladybug!  Our 3 year old class also made Bug Juice one day!

Of course, we always focus on a letter each week.  Our letter is "h" so they made "h is for horse".

We ended the week with the children making or bringing in bug catchers from home so that they could go on a bug hunt on the playground! 

Animals in Spring

Now that we've learned all about Spring, it's time to talk about all the animals we see during this time of year!  We focused on birds and the different beaks that they have, did an art activity with ducks, and even learned a song about chicks.  The children hopped around like frogs and did an math lesson to see how far a frog can jump.  Spring Animals are cute and lots of fun!

Since our number of the week was 3,
the children had to count out 3 feathers and glue them on.