March 2nd, 2018
This week was all about the ocean and water animals. We brainstormed all the water creatures we could think of and categorized land vs water creatures. We also learned about the different ocean zones and where different types of creatures live. We did an ocean zones science experiment where we took coloured water and oil, shook it up in a jar and waited to see the 3 colour zones that appeared as the oil made it’s way on top of the water. We also compared the sizes of different types of ocean creatures; we learned that the blue whale is the largest of them all!
In keeping with the ocean theme, we did a sea shell letter matching game and also had to find the numbers that corresponded with the order the letters appear in the alphabet. We also practiced adding single digit numbers together using sea shells to help us count. Everyone had the opportunity to practice their number writing when it was their turn to create an addition question for their friends.
We read “Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister, where we learned about how nice it can be to share with our friends, especially if we have a lot of something. We had a lot of fun painting Rainbow Fish on tin foil and adding his sparkly scales. “You Can’t Win Them All Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister was also read. This one was great for following up on our discussions last week about being a good loser and a good winner. We also worked on our Rainbow Fish puzzle week.
Our letters this week were C and O. Magic C Bunny had to come out for a visit too because C is his most favourite letter. He had a great time dancing to letter C songs, getting pets, and listening to everyone tell him their favourite letter C words.
Our songs this week were Baby Shark by The Learning Station (a favourite) and “A Sailor Went To Sea” also by The Learning Station. With the latter of the two, we played a hand game to by slapping our legs, clapping and high-fiving the person across from us to the beat. It was so much fun! The kids did great!
Some other things we did this week were journals, oil droplet paintings, built our names out of lettered paper fish so they could swim on our own painted bodies of water (most turned into swamps), ice brush painting, and playing with play dough, water beads and sea shells.
This week was all about the ocean and water animals. We brainstormed all the water creatures we could think of and categorized land vs water creatures. We also learned about the different ocean zones and where different types of creatures live. We did an ocean zones science experiment where we took coloured water and oil, shook it up in a jar and waited to see the 3 colour zones that appeared as the oil made it’s way on top of the water. We also compared the sizes of different types of ocean creatures; we learned that the blue whale is the largest of them all!
In keeping with the ocean theme, we did a sea shell letter matching game and also had to find the numbers that corresponded with the order the letters appear in the alphabet. We also practiced adding single digit numbers together using sea shells to help us count. Everyone had the opportunity to practice their number writing when it was their turn to create an addition question for their friends.
We read “Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister, where we learned about how nice it can be to share with our friends, especially if we have a lot of something. We had a lot of fun painting Rainbow Fish on tin foil and adding his sparkly scales. “You Can’t Win Them All Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister was also read. This one was great for following up on our discussions last week about being a good loser and a good winner. We also worked on our Rainbow Fish puzzle week.
Our letters this week were C and O. Magic C Bunny had to come out for a visit too because C is his most favourite letter. He had a great time dancing to letter C songs, getting pets, and listening to everyone tell him their favourite letter C words.
Our songs this week were Baby Shark by The Learning Station (a favourite) and “A Sailor Went To Sea” also by The Learning Station. With the latter of the two, we played a hand game to by slapping our legs, clapping and high-fiving the person across from us to the beat. It was so much fun! The kids did great!
Some other things we did this week were journals, oil droplet paintings, built our names out of lettered paper fish so they could swim on our own painted bodies of water (most turned into swamps), ice brush painting, and playing with play dough, water beads and sea shells.
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