Weather Unit

We did a lot of experiments for this unit.

RAINBOW/MILK EXPERIMENT 

This one was our favorite.  All you need is a shallow bowl pour some milk into the bowl.  Add a couple drops to the milk.  Take a cup and put some dish soap and water in it.  Get some toothpicks and dip them in the soapy water and then dip them into the food coloring.  The reaction is awesome and beautiful.

WEATHER WHEEL 

Every morning when we do our calendar we look out the window to see what the weather looks like.

CLOUD SHAPE

She looked at the clouds and then used the cotton balls to draw out what she saw; which was a Dinosaur Dragon with wings.

CLOUDS WITH SOAP

We melted an ivory soap in the microwave for 2 minutes, I would suggest to cover it since it explodes.  We thought it would melt completely and be gooey, but we were wrong.  It comes out soft and a couple hard spots.

K didn't want to touch it at first, once she did she said it felt rather weird.  Then we decided to add water thinking it would get very soapy.  To our surprise it kept its shape and was still a little hard.

THUNDERSTORM 

This one was pretty interesting.  Froze some ice cubes which I made blue a couple days before doing this experiment.  Fill a clear container half full of warm water.  On one side drop a couple drops of red food coloring and on the other put some ice cubes.  Then watch the effects, which is really cool.  Here I explained when the cold air and the warm air meet there's a shock that forms thunder in the clouds.  She loved how this actually broke it down for her.

RAIN

This is her favorite experiment, which she can do everyday if I let her.  Fill a clear jar half full of water then put shaving cream on top.  In a cup put some water with food coloring in it.  Use a dropper to pour into the shaving cream the colored water to see the water (rain) fall through the shaving cream (clouds).

SENSORY BOWLS

I took 5 plastic containers and filled them up with water.  Each one represented a different weather.  It was fun doing this with her and going through our supplies making them.

Dr. Seuss Unit

This week we celebrated Dr. Seuss, it was by far one of the best units we've done.

DISPLAY

We did a craft, experiment, or sensory play depending on the book we read.  

PHOTO PROPS

Some photo props I made for our co-op group.

CAT IN THE HAT

My Cat in the Hat

ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH

Traced the kids hands to make the fish. 

GREEN EGGS AND HAM

These came out so good, they are very addicting.  

Place a chocolate melt on top of the pretzel, place in oven for 2 minutes 350'.  Once out the oven place a m&m on top of the melt.

THE LORAX

Bought some rainbow pencils and hot glued a glittery Pom Pom on top to represent the Truffle Trees in the story "The Lorax".

Here's a close up of the pencils (Truffle Trees). 

LIBRARY TRIP

Kids enjoyed Learning about Dr. Seuss, playing games, story time, and craft.

Even little man got involved. 

Kids had so much fun 

Little D loved touching the poster 

Love K's expression in this picture when D took his hat off.

Her finished craft

Say cheese all you CAT in the HAT

FOX IN SOCKS

Made a Fox puppet and colored a sock (practing staying in the lines), after reading the Fox in socks. 

H.E.A.R.T OF RAEFORD CO-OP

At our co-op this week we celebrated Dr. Seuss.  Parents made snacks based upon Dr. Seuss books.  We also played games representing a book. 

We had 7 stations that represented a different book. 

Kids really enjoyed all the games. 

Using the photo ops I made for pictures. 

THE FOOT BOOK

Love crafts that get the whole family involved

HORTON HEARS A WHO!

Search for the speck on the Pom Pom

She was very excited when she found the speck

BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLECK

Great way to end the week: making Oobleck

She had fun making the Oobleck

She didn't want to touch it at first

Finally enjoying the Oobleck

President Unit

Learned about what are some of the president's jobs and duties and the the branches of the U.S. government. 

PRESIDENTS

Watched a video summary of the presidents.

MONEY

Found out who were the people on the money and why. 

MASK

Learned about the first and sixteenth president, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  They look so cute with their masks. 

BALD EAGLE

Our national bird  the Bald Eagle

IF I WERE PRESIDENT...

I asked K what she would do if she were president.

MOUNT RUSHMORE/COIN RUBBING

Learned the history of Mount Rushmore and its meaning.  Also took some coins and placed them under paper, in order of how they are on Mount Rushmore, and rubbed them to make the picture. 

COIN EXPERIMENT

Coin experiment: once she added Salt to the vinegar there was immediate change on the coins.  Dipped one half way and the results were neat. Not much changed in the other solutions.  Just the color of Clorox turned a bit green.

Penguin Unit

For this unit we spent most of the week waddling around the house like penguins.

DISCOVERY CHANNEL 

We love the discovery channel and couldn't pass up the opportunity to watch the "Emperors of the Ice.

SENSORY PLAY 

I took the bag of snow I had made awhile back (2 cups baking soda and 1/2 cup of comditioner) and placed it in a container with some penguins and snowflakes. 

THUMBPRINTS PENGUINS 

These came out so cute.

FOOTPRINT PENGUINS

Just adorable little feet. 

SHAPES

Cut the shapes then had K match the white part to the black part and glue them together. 

COUNTING & SORTING 

Lined up 10 paper cups and 10 penguins with numbers 1-10 on them. Placed them in the wrong order so that K could arrange them correctly.  Then gave her a bag of snowflakes so she could put the right amount of snowflakes into each cup.  

PAINT & GLITTER

Let her pick the paint color and paint like she wanted.  She asked for some glitter, she wanted her penguins to sparkle.