Exploring the World of Science
Discovering Acids and Bases with Mad Science
INVENTING CREATIONS USING OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENTATION
EXPLORING THE SCIENCE THAT IS ALL AROUND US
USING YOUR SENSES TO EXPLORE SCIENCE
Connor loved sorting the buttons onto the different color jars. As he sorted the buttons, we talked about the different colors and shapes of each one. 
The kids had fun this afternoon in the sensory table filling presents and matching the right lids to the right presents. They were using their imaginations to fill the presents with toy cars, dolls, trucks and many other things! 
sensory table colored pasta
This week our sensory table is full of colorful noodles! The kids have been digging their hands in this colorful pasta and scooping and dumping it! They have been using spoons to scoop the noodles into the bowls and pretend they are making soup! Since all of the noodles are different colors this has been a great way to practice our color recognition as well!
N is for necklace
This afternoon at group time we learned the letter “N”. For our art project today we made necklaces for the letter “N”. Here you can see Rutva, Caroline and Connor working so hard at stringing the beads onto their necklaces. They did a wonderful job working with those fine motor skills to make beautiful necklaces!
Here are some of our Early 3’s children working hard at their scissor skills! They are cutting their paper into little pieces and sorting the scraps by color. They are really coming a long way with their scissors!
scissor skills and shape sorting
children created and extended their own patterns
Our focus in math during the month of November is patterning. The children were introduced to patterning last year during their preschool classes and this year the children are creating their own patterns and extending them independently. The children used different types of manipulatives today to create various patterns. Some children were still most comfortable doing a simple AB pattern based on color while some children created more complicated patterns based on size or type of animal (using the pet manipulatives set). Using everyday objects in the kitchen are a great way to reinforce patterning at home.
As a farewell to Fall and the month of October, the PreK class explored the interesting parts of some of our classroom’s pumpkins. We opened up some of our Science Center’s ghords and pumpkins and learned about each one of their different parts. From the gooey pulp inside and the curving ribbed lines outside, we really enjoyed taking a closer look at the pumpkins. Once we were finished exploring the kids were given lables and their own picture of a pumpkin. Together we takled about all of its parts and put each lable next to its corresponding part. We also have our pumpkins and ghords in the sensory table this week, the children can have one last chance to scoop out the seeds and gooey insides!
taking inventory
the anatomy of a pumpkin
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