Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mother figures out there! I hope it was a wonderful weekend!
This past week we continued our outer space theme while working on some Mother’s Day goodies. We focused on the planets and dwarf planets this time. They practically know all the planet names now; I’m quite impressed! We compared their sizes and locations, talked about some of their characteristics. We were also quite interested in how many moons each planet had; it ranged from zero to the high double digits! The kids used numbered planets to sequence and count by twos with. It was also quite fun to listen to astronauts read while at the international space station, which then led to some wonderful discussions about what astronauts do up there and how they do daily things in zero gravity.
The kids practiced being little scientists, using our new droppers with baking soda and vinegar. Some worked really hard on their pouring skills too.
Our letters this week were X, Y and Z, therefore completing our second round of the alphabet letters. The kids built these letters using lego and their bodies and wrote them on the board. We look forward to reviewing the alphabet through song, dance and games for the rest of the school year.
The big kids worked on their OP words again this week. This time they looked drawings of OP words and glued the appropriate letters to spell them.
We have been so excited to see more of Spring for a few days until it snowed again. So many crocuses! Our NoseHill adventures are proving to be much more interesting in terms of scenery and growth. We have been exploring new Nose Hill Park pathways....getting ourselves ready for our hike across NoseHill in the coming weeks.
This past week we continued our outer space theme while working on some Mother’s Day goodies. We focused on the planets and dwarf planets this time. They practically know all the planet names now; I’m quite impressed! We compared their sizes and locations, talked about some of their characteristics. We were also quite interested in how many moons each planet had; it ranged from zero to the high double digits! The kids used numbered planets to sequence and count by twos with. It was also quite fun to listen to astronauts read while at the international space station, which then led to some wonderful discussions about what astronauts do up there and how they do daily things in zero gravity.
The kids practiced being little scientists, using our new droppers with baking soda and vinegar. Some worked really hard on their pouring skills too.
Our letters this week were X, Y and Z, therefore completing our second round of the alphabet letters. The kids built these letters using lego and their bodies and wrote them on the board. We look forward to reviewing the alphabet through song, dance and games for the rest of the school year.
The big kids worked on their OP words again this week. This time they looked drawings of OP words and glued the appropriate letters to spell them.
We have been so excited to see more of Spring for a few days until it snowed again. So many crocuses! Our NoseHill adventures are proving to be much more interesting in terms of scenery and growth. We have been exploring new Nose Hill Park pathways....getting ourselves ready for our hike across NoseHill in the coming weeks.
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