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
Ingredients
What you do:
Mix the dry ingredients. Add spices a small amount at a time until the dough smells and looks like you want it too. Mix water and oil together first and then add them to the dry ingredients and stir. In a pot, cook the mixture for two to three minutes, stirring frequently. The dough will start to pull away from the sides of the pot and stick together. When this happens, take the playdough out of the pan and knead the dough until it becomes soft and smooth. Allow the dough to cool and then store it in an airtight container.
We have been learning about the number ten this week. We have learned a new song about the number ten and also how to spell it! We also had the chance to use yummy marshmallows to outline the number ten while working our small motor muscles in our hands and number recognition for number ten.
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
This month we are learning about different nursery rhymes. The kids worked really hard creating this beautiful mural of the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle”. Each class made a different part of the nursery rhymes to create the whole rhyme. They loved watching as each piece was added to the mural!
our nursery rhyme mural "Hey Diddle Diddle"
treasure hunting at the sensory table
This week we have added rice and colorful jewels to our sensory table! The kids have loved feeling the texture of the rice and sorting through it to find the shiny and colorful jewels! We had quite a crowd at the sensory table today scooping and dumping the rice over and over again! The rice was used for many different things today. Some kids were “building houses” while others were “cooking different foods.” The jewels were also a big hit for finding “treasure” and talking about the different colors.
Cooking with children is a wonderful way to teach them the benefits of measuring, numbers and working as a group.
Today we worked together to make apple crisp! We sat around the table and talked about how we use measuring cups to help us make different kinds of foods. For our apple crisp recipe we measured flour, sugar, and baking powder and stirred it all together. We sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on top of our crisp apples and put it in the oven to bake! The kids loved the smell of our wonderful creation as we all sat and ate it for snack!
Shape, pattern, and texture are properties important not only in art but in science and math as well. Preschoolers need engaging opportunities to explore these concepts.
Evelyn is very concentrated on exploring the pumpkins and gourds from our science shelf! She is using her magnifying glass to really study the different bumps on the pumpkins. She was talking about the different colors and shapes on the pumpkins and even moved positions to get a really good look!
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