Today we talked about Earth and how it is the only planet that people live on. We talked about how the blue part is all of the water on our planet and the green part is the land that we live on. The kids were able to create their own Earth by coloring their “Earth” with blue and green markers and then spraying it with water to make the colors spread.
We have been talking about rocketships blasting into space and doing many countdowns as a class! This afternoon we experimented with a balloon, straw, and piece of string during group time. We asked the question “what do you think will happen if I blew up this balloon attached to the straw and then let it go?”
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Today in small groups, Ms. Lori read the book, Air is All Around You, then we did some experiments with air. In the morning, we placed a small paper towel in the bottom of a tall glass. We turned the glass upside down and placed it slowly into the water. We watched in amazement as the paper towel stayed dry! We learned that a pocket of air protected the paper towel from the water. In the afternoon class we discovered that we can produce air and use it to move things! We tested different objects to see if we could move them with our own air!
We learned about a special kind of animal that lives in China today…the Panda!
We learned that Pandas are born pink, that they love to climb trees, play and eat bamboo. We also learned that in order to keep keep these panda’s safe we must make sure that their homes are not destroyed.
We read books about the Panda and watched a special video with Ms. Lori with real Pandas!
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We left Antarctica and flew across the Indian Ocean to CHINA!
We started exploring China by making the flag and exploring all the cool things at the China centers!
This afternoon Natalie, Ryan, and Abby were doing our animal footprint matching activity from our science center. They took turns matching each animal with their correct footprint. In order to help them figure out which footprint went with each animal, we looked at the words underneath each card to see if they matched.
Looking for some winter day fun over the holiday vacation? Once the first snow hits, this will be a great snowy day activity.
What is it? An art project involving icicles and frozen blocks of colored ice
What will I need? Food coloring, water, ice trays, molds, muffin tins and other containers
You can’t have as much snow as we do and not have an abundance of icicles. We decided to incorporate some of ours into a sculpture, joining them to ice blocks made by freezing colored water in ice-cube trays, Jell-O molds and yogurt containers. We placed all the materials on an outdoor table, and everyone took turns building totem poles, monsters and free-form sculptures, gluing the blocks of ice with a little dribble of water (it quickly froze).
Helpful Hint: For consistency of hardness, consider making your colored blocks in the freezer rather than outdoors.
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.
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