Pumpkins

The children have had fun exploring pumpkins.  We watched scholastic videos about how pumpkins grow and exploring pumpkins.
Then we guessed whether we thought they would sink or float.

Next, we cut open the largest pumpkin and took turn helping to clean it out.  Some people chose not to help haha!

The children vote about what they wanted their Jack-o-lantern to look like.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture and it has already decaying. (Yuck!!)

I did take home the pumpkin seeds to wash and cook.  The children could taste them if they wanted.  As usual,  we had mixed results about whether to try them and if they liked the taste.

Letter Gg

The children have been busy this week but I did not do a good job of taking pictures.  This week we talked about our sense of hearing and made homemade tambourines.  We also discussed the number 4 and the letter Gg.  The children did a great job writing the capital and lowercase letter.

The also made beautiful pumpkins for our pumpkin patch.  I will have to post a picture later.

Mystery Box

Our religion unit is focusing on the gifts of our 5 senses.  We used magnifying glasses and binoculars to explore our sense of sight.  In these pictures, the children are using their sense of touch to figure out what is in the mystery box.  Is it hard, soft, rough, smooth, or a combination?  The children did a great job figuring out the objects!

Letter O and Number 3

 Today we combined our number of the week with our letter of the week.  Yesterday the children colored a letter O and added eyes, mouth, and 8 legs to make an octopus.  Today the children completed their octopus by adding three stickers (suckers) to each of the 8 legs!

Counting and 10 Frames

 We have been working on number recognition and counting.  For each new number, I have showed the children what that number looks like in a ten frame.  Today we played a new game with a pumpkin tray 10 frame, counters and a die.  The children had to roll the die, recognize the number, and add that many to the ten frame.  The first child to fill the 10 frame was the winner.

Letter C, Number 2 and the Sense of Sight

The children have been learning about the letter C this week.  We sang the c song, identified words that begin with c, and practiced writing the letter c.  Can you find the letter c?  The children could.

The children have been practicing identifying, counting, and writing the number 2.  When they write the number 2,  they say “Make a candy cane and give it a shoe. That’s the way to make a 2.”  They were surprised when I had them practice in shaving cream!

They had fun making Jack-O-Lanterns with Ms. Lola in art class.

We completed our religion chapter “I Can See” with our handmade binoculars.  I would give the children clues and they would use their binoculars to find the objects.  A few things they found were  a water fountain, statues, and a flag.

Sense of Sight

In religion class this week, we are studying the God given gift of our sight.  The children listened to a story about a little girl named Kelly and a magical magnifying glass.  So, we took a walk around outside to explore with magnifying glasses.  The children were able to get a closer look at leaves, flowers, acorns, a caterpillar, a ladybug, and more!!!