Our book, "The Little Red Hen", gave us a lot to talk about today. The dog, cat and mouse were not very good friends to the little red hen because they didn't help her plant the wheat seeds, water the plants, pull out weeds, cut the wheat, grind the wheat or make the cake! Using pictures for each character, the kids worked on sequencing by retelling the main parts of the story. We will act the story out again tomorrow, taking turns being the little red hen.
We drew a picture graph that tells what color of frosting each of us like on our cupcakes. Of course, that provided us the opportunity to talk about 'same' and 'different' again.
Using numbers from our calendar, the kids identified the number given to them and counted out the correct number of pasta pieces to put in their plastic bottle. We are thinking about what we will earn when the bottle's are all filled!
Ms. Angela came again today for PE! Jumping seemed to be the theme for the day as the kids jumped over poles, jumped on the trampoline, and jumped OFF of a three foot 'barrel' onto a mat. While standing up on the 'barrel' (hanging onto Ms. Angela's hand) was a bit scary, everyone had a great big smile after they landed on the mat! We saw a big improvement in following directions and waiting for their turn as the kids cheered for everyone to go one at a time.
For science, we explored the question "What happens when blue and yellow are mixed together?" Everyone got a little piece of blue play doe and a little piece of yellow play doe to mix together. Little by little, the kids saw the mixture turn green. Then we took cotton tips and painted on paper plates with the two colors. We even used 'dot paint' on paper plates to see how blue and yellow changed to green when mixed.
Before getting ready to go home, the kids were given time to help each other build towers with 'Duplos' (really big Legos). I just about snapped a picture of the tall tower, but it fell over at the last second!
When it came time to put on our jackets and backpacks, the kids were encouraged to help each other get their backpacks on. One child would hold the back pack up while his friend put their arms through the straps!
