Hope you all have some great family time together this weekend. Next week, we dive into the world of spiders!
It was a great day for every little owl! We learned more about bats and did an exciting experiment that made bubbles! For story time we each received a little bat puppet. We used our puppet as we followed along with a book about bats. When the bat in the story flew in circles, so did our bats. When the bat hung upside down to sleep, so did our bats. We had such a great time with our puppets. We did a little finger painting during art. Some were not as excited to paint with their fingers so I brought out a few paint brushes. The children also enjoyed a fantastic science experience today. We put some baking soda on our trays and added drops of colored vinegar with pipettes. The excitement after seeing and listening to the bubbles pop was contagious. We sat for nearly a half an hour repeating the experiment over and over again. At one point someone dumped their vinegar over and the whole tray exploded in bubbles! Slowly but surely the boys and girls discovered that if you added the baking soda to the vinegar in the cup you would get an explosive reaction of foaming bubbles streaming over the sides of the glass. What fun! This simple experience worked our fine motor muscles, pincer grasp, and our pressure control of the pipettes. It allowed us the opportunity to experiment with trial and error, chemical reactions, and cause and effect. We focused on hand eye coordination, multi-step procedures, and sensory play. There is so much learning going on here and it is all disguised as play! The joy and wonder on these little faces warms my heart! A very special thank you to our play dough maker of the month! We loved our orange play dough and new pumpkin cookie cutters.
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Why Blog?Here you will find little snippets of our days together. When my children were in preschool and would come home I would always ask, "So, what did you do today?". All they ever said was, "Played." That didn't tell me much. I hope this blog will be a place to share what we have done and help you ask more directed questions of your child. You will see first hand just what we do after you kiss your little one goodbye in the morning. It will also be a great place to visit and see just how much your child has grown and learned throughout the year. Archives
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