October 19th, 2018
This week we talked about the Harvest; what that means and the process it takes for foods to get from the farm to our tables. Our food focus was corn. We made paintings with lego pieces to make a corn-like texture. We made a science experiment involving corn kernels, baking soda, water, vinegar and food colouring. The result was dancing corn. We also learned how to make popcorn and why/how the kernels pop.
The kids practiced reading and representing numbers, with the help of others if needed, by reading the number on the bottom of a muffin tray then counting the correct number of corn kernels and using their little fingers to pick them up and put them in the tray.
A couple of the stories we read this week were; The Little Red Hen, version by Paul Galdone, and Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
Our letters this week were S and J. The older kids thought of so many S words in one day that the board was almost filled right up! Everyone practiced building J using beans. We called them seeds and pretended that these Js were going to grow into J lettered food. The foods they chose were Jackfruit and Jojoba.
It was great to have one of the little ones bring a book to share with everyone, and show off how hard he has been practicing. We have been working on looking at stories from left to right, and reading the pictures to make a story.
We celebrated two birthdays this week and of course we baked cupcakes!
We had so much fun outdoor time this week. What beautiful weather. It seems as though Fall has come back for a little while. Because of this wonderful weather we were able to go on adventures like we do in the summer!
This week we talked about the Harvest; what that means and the process it takes for foods to get from the farm to our tables. Our food focus was corn. We made paintings with lego pieces to make a corn-like texture. We made a science experiment involving corn kernels, baking soda, water, vinegar and food colouring. The result was dancing corn. We also learned how to make popcorn and why/how the kernels pop.
The kids practiced reading and representing numbers, with the help of others if needed, by reading the number on the bottom of a muffin tray then counting the correct number of corn kernels and using their little fingers to pick them up and put them in the tray.
A couple of the stories we read this week were; The Little Red Hen, version by Paul Galdone, and Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
Our letters this week were S and J. The older kids thought of so many S words in one day that the board was almost filled right up! Everyone practiced building J using beans. We called them seeds and pretended that these Js were going to grow into J lettered food. The foods they chose were Jackfruit and Jojoba.
It was great to have one of the little ones bring a book to share with everyone, and show off how hard he has been practicing. We have been working on looking at stories from left to right, and reading the pictures to make a story.
We celebrated two birthdays this week and of course we baked cupcakes!
We had so much fun outdoor time this week. What beautiful weather. It seems as though Fall has come back for a little while. Because of this wonderful weather we were able to go on adventures like we do in the summer!
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