Day 39ish started off with the kids walking down the hallway on number mats. They identified the numbers with Ms. Cortney and then we all gathered around a sensory box filled with different pasta shapes. After finding the different lids that had a numeral on top, each child identified the numeral and counted out exactly that amount to put in a container. Putting those stubborn lids on the containers made all of finger muscles get stronger! We lined the containers up in sequential order, but two were missing (on purpose!). The kids had to figure out what number came after or before another number to decide which numbers were missing.
Outside we went, to play with Ms. Angela. Throwing and catching balls with a partner, the kids laughed and had a great time. What was even better was throwing little plastic balls over a net at the teachers, pretending that they were snowballs. There are some good arms in this crew!
We wrapped our science experiment up today by observing the different eggs and comparing their color to how the egg looked before we put it into the liquid. The egg in the orange juice was orange and the egg in the Coke was brown. The other eggs were still white. We colored pictures of eggs to show the changes on our results chart. We decided that we don't want our teeth to be orange or brown it is very important to brush our teeth after we drink things juice and soda. Using our new toothbrushes we practiced brushing pretend teeth (upside down yellow egg cartons) by brushing up and down and then across while we put the words to a fun tune. We took our other toothbrushes, that were clean, and brushed our teeth with a little squirt of toothpaste. At the last minute, we decided to paint our pretend teeth with white paint using our toothbrush.
We broke our group of four kids into two groups for writing journal time. Ms. Cortney had one group and I had the other. The kids chose a picture of a community helper to glue onto their page and write about it. Some of the community helpers that we are talking about include: police officer, dentist, doctor, fireman, waitress, veterinarian, banker, construction worker.
I hope that you have fun on the four day weekend from school!
If anyone has a doctor kit, firetrucks, fire station, and/or police cars that we might borrow next week, we could add them to our station for playing. Thanks!
