Season of Spring/ My 5 Senses

It seems like the weeks are just flying by!  The weather is turning beautiful and it's hard to keep attention spans for very long.  Springtime brings out a whole new child.  But it's fun.

Our Season of Spring day was spent primarily talking about what happens during the spring. Renewal and regrowth.  We focused a lot on seeds and put together our seed booklet.  I hope it made it home in one piece.  Some of the seeds were very small and fragile!  We also planted some marigolds to bring home.  I hope the children and remembering to take care of their little plants. Keep me posted on how they're growing!

Our 5 senses day was very fun.  We learned a new song (to the tune of Bingo). 

I have 5 senses, so do you, and this is what they are.

I can see and hear. I can smell and taste.  

Last of all, I can touch and so can you!

They had a 5 senses glove that goes along with the song.  We also made our little touch and feel booklet.  We did some role playing about what sense you would use in different situations.  They did really well at figuring out the best way to learn something new using only one sense at a  time!  We tested their new knowledge out on some chocolate chip muffins. They could use all of their senses except for hearing them.  I could hear some tummies rumbling though-so it's good they got to see, smell, touch and most of all TASTE those muffins!

Veggie Tales and Celebrating Easter

The letter Vv we focued on Veggies! We did a taste test where we prepared and then tasted and then rated the following vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, corn, peas, cucumbers, edamame, and potatos. I was very surprised about how well the kids did tasting everything. The deal was, they had to just taste it and if they didn't like it they didn't have to finish it. They really surprised me! And sometimes themselves too! I heard several, "I don't like that", but when they actually tasted it, turns out they liked it more than they thought! We also did a little letter Vv booklet with lots of Vv words.

Our Easter Celebration was tons of fun! Complete with bunny ears, easter egg bead necklaces, easter cupcakes, an easter egg hunt (with ABC's and Number's inside for the children to identify for a treat!) and my favorite project the rainbow bunny! I hope you will all take the time to read the poem that was on your child's project about the rainbow bunny. We painted with marbles to make the effect that the bunny has and I think they turned out great! Lots of fun and super busy for all. I hope your Easter weekend is great!!!

Umbrellas and Yellow + Crazy 8

We made a little umbrella out of coffee filters and construction paper. I love they way they turned out looking tie-dyed. We talked about the letter Uu and for some reason, it's a hard one to remember. Work on testing your kids on the name and sound and shape of the Uu. We talked about lots of different Uu words as well and did an activity on listening and following directions while coloring those Uu words. Did you notice if your kids' pictures were the right colors? Take a look!

For Yellow day I thought I should give the kids a little bit of sunshine-since we've been seriously lacking it around here! I love that they came dressed in yellow! It really brightened up our room. We made little yellow easter chicks, which turned out even cuter than I thought! We made crazy 8's and practiced writing the number 8 until we were dizzy! We are really working on identifying and being able to count and correlate the correct number with the correct physical number of objects. They had to pick 8 shapes to stick on their crazy 8's. We also counted and matched candy. See if your child had the correct number and drill them on which number is which.