On Tuesday we got to learn about our 5 Senses! (Last time we were supposed to have school at Ms. Laura's it had to be cancelled, so we were making up some of the things we were supposed to learn :). But there are some senses that start with "m"! Like Mouth! And Manos (hands)!)
I will attempt to add the pictures for Tuesday later. My computer is having a hard time loading them from the email right now :(. Sorry! But here is the fun that we had!
Carmen was our spotlight and brought a cute baby picture of herself to share with us! We learned about our five senses and got to explore them!
Seeing: We went on a color shape hunt and found matches.
Hearing: We played musical chairs (stopping when the music stopped) and read a
book about waking up to sounds.
Touch: We got to reach in a bag and had to guess what an item was by feeling it. We also read a touch and feel book about Santa.
Taste: We tried all different kinds of taste. Lemon (sour), Cocoa (bitter), Candy (sweet), and Salty - pretzels
Smell: We got to smell 9 different scents (in cups) vanilla, banana, mint, etc. Then we read a book about Pluto the dog following his nose.
For snack time we enjoyed crackers and raisins and then we all went outside for some playtime :).
Overall it was a good day, however because everyone had a difficult time paying attention and listening to Ms. Laura everybody had to move down to yellow :(. But they were able to change their behaviors and end on a positive note :).
Thursday was also a fun day at school! We got to explore even more about the letter "M" and all of the yummy words that can be associated with it!
We started out by playing with play dough that Ms. Laura had made as our friends all arrived. It was a great attention getter for the kids! They all could have played with it for hours and did a great job at keeping it all clean!
Then Ms. Laura read us a book all about "Movement"! We all got to practice our cool Moves!
Next we painted with our water colors! We traced the letter "M" with our fingers and then our paintbrushes to practice writing. Then we painted a picture of the Moon!
Next we got to play "Don't Eat the Monster!" using "M&M's"!
Ms. Laura taught us all a fun science experiment with Marshmallows! We put marshmallows in a several cups with Milk, Apple Juice, Lemonade, Cold Water and Vinegar to see if they would dissolve with any of them. All of the marshmallows stayed in tact!
However, when each of us stirred marshmallows in a cup with hot water they Melted! The kids all got a kick out of watching their marshmallows get smaller and smaller!
Then Ms. Laura read us a book about a Bubble Monkey that got glue stuck in him!
We built fun things with Marshmallows and toothpicks! Including the letter "M", some dumbells, necklaces, dragon flies, and even made patters with the colors!
There were still lots of fun activities left to do, but since everyone had so much fun with the activities we had already done we didn't have time for the rest! It was a fantastic day and EVERYONE stayed on green the whole time!
Thank you Ms. Laura!!!
