On Monday we read the "Princess and the Pea" story. The version I have is a little silly consisting of a moterbike and a date-a-princess agency, but the kids got the general idea. :) The kids did a great job of finding all the hidden pictures in the "Princess and the Pea" paper. The kids loved making princess and prince crowns. They decorated them with crayons, markers and even a few jewles.
They also enjoyed building a block castle around the sleeping princess.
Wednesdays story was "Jack and the Beanstalk." The kids made their own little book while working on the story sequence. We had a "real" beanstalk grow from some magic beans. We also played a counting game with "magic" beans. :)
On Friday, we read the story of "The 3 Little Pigs" (one of my favorites). The kids loved helping "blow" the houses down. They also did a great job of making the different houses of the pigs (straw, wood, brick). We also talked about why the 3rd pig was smarter and less lazy than the other 2 pigs.
On Tuesday we learned about the solar system. We learned that there are 8 planets in our solar system. (which was really hard to do- since I grew up with 9 planets!) The kids enjoyed making their own solar systems and decorating the planets and the sun.
We also learned that the sun never moves. We took turns acting as planets and "revolving" around the sun.
The kids had a fun time painting on Wednesday! (it has been awhile) We talked about telescopes and what they are used for. The kids were each able to make their own "telescope" to take home.
Thursday was our "STAR" day. We made a star paper with glow-in-the-dark stars. The kids LOVED this! They were so excited to see the stars glowing after holding them up to the light.
In the Light...
In the Dark...
We also played a number game to try and help the astronauts to get back to Earth safely.
Next week we will start on our Fairy Tale unit.
Have a great weekend!!!
This week was a blast talking about picnics and camping!
On Monday we played a fun game called "Hungry Bear." We were having a picnic and got really tired and decide to take a nap. After we fell asleep, a "hungry bear" came and stole some food. After we wake up we have to figure out what the bear took.
On Wednesday we talked about things that you take camping with you and things you might see while camping. We did a camping shadows activity that was a little too easy for them, but still fun.
On Friday the kids had a great time "camping!" We made bird feeders to hang on the trees, we read one of my favorite camping books, "Just me and my dad," we made a pretend campfire, we ate smores, (yum!) we did some bird watching with our homemade binoculars and we did a camping puzzle! What a great week!!!
