July 14th, 2017
We have a new permanent addition to the Blooming Butterflies family. Bella, a five year old chocolate labrador, has come to live with us. The kids have really taken well to her and her to them. We have taken this opportunity to talk about why dogs do what they do i.e.: bark when people come to the door or growl. We also talked about the parts of a dog and what they are for, and how these parts function similar or differently than in humans. i.e.: dogs have a really good smell memory and can remember who you are based on that…humans do not do this.
This week was full of new and fun things. We had a special 4th birthday, Bella joined us, for some of us it was the first time going to the “green park”, we explored a favourite nature area in the rain and we rode on the bus together to the library. The day we rode the bus to the library was, and I quote “The BEST day EVER!” We met new people, got to give coins to the bus driver, sit sideways or backwards on the bus, play with toys at the library, read books, check out books, etc.
Among our adventures, we explored shapes through songs and activities. We covered the heart, start, circle and square. We even figured out how many sides each shape has, or doesn’t have.
For the heart we talked about what we think of when we see a heart. Things like the body, Valentines Day and love came up. After dancing to an extremely energetic song, we took a marshmallow on a toothpick, placed it on our wrists and watched to see what would happen. Our hearts were beating so fast that the marshmallows fell right off our wrists. In addition to our experiment, we made artwork using chalk to trace around a heart stencils, and brushed the chalk to create a neat effect around the edges of the heart shape.
For the star we decorated a star shape with glitter glue ad beads. We also played with a baking soda and vinegar experiment (one of our most favourite science experiments). We had baking soda filled shapes and chose two colours of vinegar to spoon onto the baking soda. What fun!
For the square we measured big, medium and small paper squares using foam shapes. We also made artwork by taping horizontal and vertical lines on a paper and painting within the remaining spaces. When the tape came off we had some neat and colourful square shapes.
For the circle we painted using the circular bottom of the toilet paper tubes.
We have a new permanent addition to the Blooming Butterflies family. Bella, a five year old chocolate labrador, has come to live with us. The kids have really taken well to her and her to them. We have taken this opportunity to talk about why dogs do what they do i.e.: bark when people come to the door or growl. We also talked about the parts of a dog and what they are for, and how these parts function similar or differently than in humans. i.e.: dogs have a really good smell memory and can remember who you are based on that…humans do not do this.
This week was full of new and fun things. We had a special 4th birthday, Bella joined us, for some of us it was the first time going to the “green park”, we explored a favourite nature area in the rain and we rode on the bus together to the library. The day we rode the bus to the library was, and I quote “The BEST day EVER!” We met new people, got to give coins to the bus driver, sit sideways or backwards on the bus, play with toys at the library, read books, check out books, etc.
Among our adventures, we explored shapes through songs and activities. We covered the heart, start, circle and square. We even figured out how many sides each shape has, or doesn’t have.
For the heart we talked about what we think of when we see a heart. Things like the body, Valentines Day and love came up. After dancing to an extremely energetic song, we took a marshmallow on a toothpick, placed it on our wrists and watched to see what would happen. Our hearts were beating so fast that the marshmallows fell right off our wrists. In addition to our experiment, we made artwork using chalk to trace around a heart stencils, and brushed the chalk to create a neat effect around the edges of the heart shape.
For the star we decorated a star shape with glitter glue ad beads. We also played with a baking soda and vinegar experiment (one of our most favourite science experiments). We had baking soda filled shapes and chose two colours of vinegar to spoon onto the baking soda. What fun!
For the square we measured big, medium and small paper squares using foam shapes. We also made artwork by taping horizontal and vertical lines on a paper and painting within the remaining spaces. When the tape came off we had some neat and colourful square shapes.
For the circle we painted using the circular bottom of the toilet paper tubes.
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