My Father's World: Unit 10 Water

MFW: Unit 10 Water

JESUS GIVES MY SPIRIT LIVING WATER TO DRINK 

Our treasures for the letter Ww

BOOKS

Some of the books we used for our water unit

WORKSHEETS



Practicing some handwriting, sound identification, and reading.

Working on her cusienaire rods worksheets, writing, word identification, reading, and drawing.

MATH


Counting to number 10 and doing some adding.

ARTS & CRAFT



Making some umbrellas out of coffee filters.  Little man really enjoyed spraying the filter with water and me.  Kanani always enjoys this craft.



Love how vibrant the colors came out, they look great on our window.



After reading this cute book about "Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea by Marcus Pfister", I drew a fish and had Kanani fish coloring it and gluing some glitter on it.  Came out so pretty.



Once we finished reading these two books about ducks we did an experiment about how their feathers have a protective oil on them.  I cut out two feathers out of construction paper.  I had Kanani spray one feather with water, which soaked up the water.  The other feather I covered in vegetable oil.  After which Kanani sprayed the feather and saw that the water rolled off the feather.  This was a great demonstration to show Kanani how real feathers have oil on them which makes it waterproof.  This protects the ducks from the cold water they swim in.

ACTIVITIES/GAMES



No water unit would be complete without playing in the water table and enjoying some water fun.



I put together several objects for Kanani to first separate into two sections: FLOAT & SINK.  She divided them to what she believed the object would do.  Most of them came out like she thought they would.  Then they enjoyed playing with all the objects in the water.

SCIENCE



I got this idea from First Grade Wow.  Copied a version of hers and had Kanani think of different ways we use water.  Wrote down 6 different things she told me for what we use water for, then she drew a picture of each one.  Afterwards we read the book "Water Everywhere", which helped for us to understand the different uses for water.



One of Kanani's favorite experiment is the RAIN Experiment.  All it takes is a clear container, shaving, water with food coloring, and a dropper.  This time her grandmother was visiting so Kanani wanted to show her how the experiment works.  They were both very excited with the results.  Best part was how Kanani explained everything in details to her abuela about the water cycle while doing the experiment. 

Drew a water cycle for Kanani and brought out our water cycle poster.  She sat down and explained the water cycle to me in great detail.   

Discussed the 3 forms of water: LIQUID, GAS, & SOLID.  Did an experiment for each one.  For liquid we poured water into 4 different containers to show that water takes the form of whatever its in.  Placed a rock in each one to show her that a rock can't change shape due to it being a solid.  Then we boiled some water and she placed her hands over the pot (of course under my supervision), to feel the vapors.  We had froze some water the night before to see water in a solid.  



After discussing LIQUID, GAS, and SOLID I made a chart with 3 sections.  Asked her to give me some examples for each section.  She asked me if I could draw some and then she would color it in.  In the gas section she wanted me to also draw someone with natural gases....lol.  She's definitely her father's daughter, he had a kick out of her answer and the conclusion she came up with.  Love the innocent minds of children.



Here is our LIQUID experiment, set up 4 containers with water to show how water takes the form of the object it is in.

We placed an ice tray (pumpkin shape) in the freezer over night.  The next day I dumped the pumpkin shape ice into a plastic container so Kanani could see how water becomes solid.  Then she observed how the sun would melt the ice back into a liquid.

We placed three leaves into three different containers with different colored water.  To show how water travels in leaves.  For some reason only the red one showed.  Pretty interesting to observe the water as it travels through the leaf.



Got this idea from  Learn Play Imagine, she's got more great ideas on her post.  Drew a line to see how the water would evaporate or reduce each day.  One left open and the other closed.  Kanani noticed how the one with the lid showed sign of evaporation.  



Set up this little station for Kanani to observe rain clouds and raindrops.  Got this idea from Teach Preschool.  Put water into one container, cotton balls into another, and left the third one empty.  Had her dip the cotton balls into water to represent rain going into clouds.  Then she squeezed the cotton balls that were filled with water into the empty container.  Once she squeezed the water out the cotton balls it turned almost white again.  We really neat experiment.  

SHOWS/VIDEOS

Watched a video from Brain Pop about water and some videos from the Magic School Bus on weather and the water cycle. 

SPANISH

agua (water)
MEMORY VERSUS

(Jesus said)..."If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me...streams of living water will flow from within him."  By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive...
~John 7:37-39~
POEM

RAIN
   By: Robert Louis Stevenson

The rain is raining all around, 
It falls on field and tree, 
It rains on the umbrella here, 
And on the ships at sea.


CLASSICAL MUSIC

Handel: Water Music (Lentement)

We had studied the water cycle before but this time around we actually went into more details.  Kanani actually remembered the all the water cycle stages.  She would explain the cycle to her grandparents and dad each chance she got.  I was so proud in knowing that she remembered our previous lesson.  Hope you have fun with this water unit as much as we have.

GOD BLESS!

PREVIOUS UNITS 

Letter O
Unit 9: Octopus

Letter D
Unit 8: Dinosaur

Letter U
Unit 7: Us

Letter T
Unit 6: Turtle 


Letter N

Unit 5: Nest      

Letter A

Unit 4: Apple 

Letter L

Unit 3: Leaf      

Letter M

Unit 2: Moon   

Creation Unit and Letter S

Creation Unit and Unit 1: Sun 

Classical Music Composers
Say Hello to Classical Music


Curriculum Organization

Organizing MFW Curriculum

My Father's World: Unit 9 Octopus

MFW: Unit 9 Octopus 

EVEN THE OCTOPUS PRAISE THE LORD

Some of our letter Oo finds

BOOKS



Some of the wonderful books we used for this unit


WORKSHEETS

Working on her worksheets

Cusienaire rods and letter Oo picture identification 



Doing some blend ladder work



A little bit of reading



Some writing and sounding out words



Love the look on her face in the left picture, she was concentrating on the word I said trying to see how to write it.  The word was hen, she first thought about it then said it aloud and wrote the word out.  She's improved so much in this area, I'm so proud of her.

MATH

Some MATH U SEE worksheets, working on counting to number 20

Made this math wheel a while ago, can't remember the site I got it from.  Brought it out as a review for her.



Made her rainbow octopus and had use her dot markers to place the right amount of dots that went with each number.



Doing some math with our math tiles and sticks



After doing some counting and measuring Kanani made a picture using some marine life stickers of the animals of the sea.

ARTS & CRAFT



Gave Kanani a brown paper bag and had her fill the bottom part of it with newspaper that she crumbled up.  Then I tied a rubber band to make the body and cut the bag to form its tentacles.  She then glued the eyes, drew the mouth, and made a cute little hair bow for her octopus.



Gave Kanani two Styrofoam balls to paint then hot glued the balls to foam that I had pre cut to look like tentacles.  Once dried she glued the eyes and sequins on. Got this cute idea from Crafty Morning.



Octopus crafts: color recognition and badge work



After reading the book "Swimmy by Leo Lionni" we discussed the story and then made a picture of the school of fish mentioned in the book and made a Swimmy out of paper plates.  Love doing activities to go with books we read.



Made some toilet paper octopuses, got the idea from Kids Activities Blog

ACTIVITIES/GAMES

Found a cute little octopus puzzle that went great with our unit

In the teacher manual it suggested to make a paper plate tambourine.  We actually had already made some for a Sunday school class I taught for our church.  They worked out great.  PSALM 100 MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE TO THE LORD ALL THE LANDS.



Brought out our unit puppets tin to review some of the memory versus for each badge.  She remembered all of them, so proud of her.



Brought out our color wheel (which I made for her a while back), to review her colors.



Made Kanani a little octopus out of felt she glued the eyes and drew the mouth.



Got some out some of the picture cards we have done and mixed the pictures.  Placed the letters in a line and had Kanani place the correct pictures under each letter.  Great review of what we have gone over and sound recognition.



After reading "The Seashore" I set up a some tub with some marine animals.  First I left it out for Dartanian to play with while Kanani and me finished some school work.  Once we were done I added water and then some shaving cream.



Had gotten some water beads ready for Kanani to play with, my intentions were for her to use some octopus toys and marine animals with it but she wanted to used some construction trucks.  Love to see her use her imagination.  She had so much fun playing with the water beads.  It was our first time using them, it was a hit.

GEOGRAPHY



After coloring in the map we talked about the different place an octopus could live and types of homes it would chose.  Then we looked on the globe to find where we lived and reviewed our address, city, state, and continent.  

SCIENCE

After reading the book "An Octopus is Amazing by Patricia Lauber" we did a simple experiment to demonstrate how the water would look when an octopus gives off ink.  

Watched an episode on Octonauts that discussed some information about mimic octopuses.  

FOOD

Made some cute little octopus hotdogs for lunch

SPANISH

el pulpo (octopus)

MEMORY VERSUS

My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord.  Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever.

~Psalm 145:21~

POEM

AT THE SEASIDE

     By: Robert Louise Stevenson

When I was down beside the sea

A wooden spade they gave to me

To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup

In every hole the sea came up, 

Till it could come no more.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Handel: Water Music (Overture)

This is has been such a fun unit, you may think I say about every unit.  One of the reasons why we love My Father's World.  Learned so much about octopuses that we didn't know.  Can't wait to go to the aquarium and see some up close.

GOD BLESS!

PREVIOUS UNITS 

Letter D
Unit 8: Dinosaur

Letter U
Unit 7: Us

Letter T
Unit 6: Turtle 


Letter N

Unit 5: Nest      

Letter A

Unit 4: Apple 

Letter L

Unit 3: Leaf      

Letter M

Unit 2: Moon   

Creation Unit and Letter S

Creation Unit and Unit 1: Sun 

Classical Music Composers
Say Hello to Classical Music


Curriculum Organization

Organizing MFW Curriculum