This week was all about ladybugs. The kids were lucky enough to have found a few of them on multiple occasions. They sure do love holding them. We have learned so much about ladybugs. Some of the facts we learned are that they have 6 legs just like butterflies do, they do not see very well, they use their antenna to smell, taste and feel, they have a similar lifecycle to butterflies, the eggs they lay look like jellybeans, ladybugs come in a few different colours but all come out of their pupa stage as the colour yellow with no spots yet. Unfortunately the photo of our ladybug information has disappeared.
We explored NoseHill Park a bunch this week. The kids really loved finding ants, roly polys, worms, spiders, beetles, and any type of bug, We discussed what could be living in the holes they saw in the ground, what the bees do with the nectar from the flowers, and why many plants are not around in the winter.
The kids were so excited to see if the Tipi we made was still there. Unfortunately, it was apart on the ground, so everyone decided to pick up the pieces and make a new fort. What a great opportunity to be engineers; conceptualizing their fort design, working together and problem-solving, to only name a few reasons why fort building is such a great learning experience. We really explored weight, height, length, and stability.
We had a lot of fun doing a baking soda and vinegar science experiment where we put vinegar in a bottle and baking soda in a balloon. After making sure the balloon was tight to the bottle, we turned our balloons upside down to allow the baking soda to drop into the bottle. It was very exciting to watch the balloon blow up because of the chemical reaction.
Some other activities we did include; using crayons to build letters that have straight lines, reading (we are really into our Magic Tree House chapter books and reading to each other), making puzzles, building their names, and matching colours using tiny “clippers”, as they call them.
We explored NoseHill Park a bunch this week. The kids really loved finding ants, roly polys, worms, spiders, beetles, and any type of bug, We discussed what could be living in the holes they saw in the ground, what the bees do with the nectar from the flowers, and why many plants are not around in the winter.
The kids were so excited to see if the Tipi we made was still there. Unfortunately, it was apart on the ground, so everyone decided to pick up the pieces and make a new fort. What a great opportunity to be engineers; conceptualizing their fort design, working together and problem-solving, to only name a few reasons why fort building is such a great learning experience. We really explored weight, height, length, and stability.
We had a lot of fun doing a baking soda and vinegar science experiment where we put vinegar in a bottle and baking soda in a balloon. After making sure the balloon was tight to the bottle, we turned our balloons upside down to allow the baking soda to drop into the bottle. It was very exciting to watch the balloon blow up because of the chemical reaction.
Some other activities we did include; using crayons to build letters that have straight lines, reading (we are really into our Magic Tree House chapter books and reading to each other), making puzzles, building their names, and matching colours using tiny “clippers”, as they call them.
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