Infestation Coming to Tiny Treasures!
Today we talked about what an insect is, and learning they have 6 legs and 3 parts to their bodies. I have a fun book of science activities called Bugs To Bunnies, and we did a page called Leg Count. We counted the legs, circled the ones that are insects, and colored them. We labeled the parts of an insect. I found this silly bug on www.coloring.ws and then added the correct word parts to the insect. There is a cute Bug Mobile in my April Idea Book, so I printed it on card stock, they colored it, I cut it out, and hung them.
Tomorrow, the Ants come marching!
Here’s the picks of our work today!
Cooper and Cameron's Masterpieces!
Cameron's Bug Mobile!
Cooper and Tatum's Bugs!
Insects Anyone?
We are going to talk about Insects, where they live, what they do, and some are good friends. Today we read The Ants Go Marching and I Love Bugs!
We sang “There’s a Bug on My Back” and had so much fun learning this silly song! I found it on preschool-plan-it.com
There’s a Bug on My Back!
There’s a bug on my back, on my back!
There’s a bug on my back, on my back!
There’s a bug on my back! Get it off with a gentle smack!
There’s a bug on my back, on my back!
Make up other lines! Have fun with it!
There’s a bug on my nose….I just stood there and froze…there’s a bug on my nose…etc.
We colored a book about Bugs from http://prekinders.com/bugs-theme/
We then put 10 ants in a jar from here. I have my own ant stickers, but you could draw them if you want or use other kinds of bugs.
STOP BUGGING US, AND WE WILL GET TO WORK!
Happy May Day Everyone!
Yesterday we got all of our May Day gifts done, so we can just pass them out today! We have 24! The neighbors get 20 and we get to take 4 home to our own families. We have a May pole picture to color and then we are off to play today and celebrate our wonderful day! Thanks for helping yesterday Blake, and so sorry you are home sick today. We miss you and Hudson and feel better!
Here is what we were up to!
Blake and Tatum helping fill the jars with sand and soil!
Tatum is working hard!
Messy work for Cameron!
Cooper checking out the dirt!
We are all ready to go and deliver our flowers!
Our boxes of flowers!
Cute flowers!
Cute tag!
You can print this cute tag from www.skiptomylou.org
We delivered them all over the neighborhood. It feels great to give to our friends!
Letter Xx
We are almost to the end of the alphabet! We are screeching through to the end of the year! We only have 1 more month of preschool after this, and I’m ready to swim, play and explore for the summer. We have been having some 80° days, so it makes me want to run and play outside, but we have to stay focused and finish the year out.
Today we did the letter X and started with and X-ray of a dinosaur egg to color. Then we used a picture I found on apples4theteacher.com, with a boy and an x-ray. I cut his head off the picture and added their own cute little face. They loved seeing their own face on the x-ray. I enlarged it too while I was recopying it. We then made a mystery X. I had placed about 4 or 5 X’s on their card stock with a white crayon before they came in for Circle Time. We used water colors on their picture, and what should appear but a bunch of X’s. It was exciting to find them, and guess what was going to be on our page!
Earth Day!
Even though Earth Day is Sunday, we are celebrating it today with a walk, and activities. We walked to clean up the earth today, and we took recycled sandwich bags that we decorated so we could pick up the trash on our walk. We have a great Learn To Recycle Activity Kit that Lakeshore puts out, and we played it at Circle Time to learn what recycling is all about. We then made our own game, it’s a recycle printable off of the Lakeshore site. At Table Time we make people that look like us holding a sign for recycling. I got the kid kit from Lakeshore too, and it is called People Shapes Project Kit. The kit comes with everything you would need and then some!
Here is the coloring page we used to decorate our bags.
Then we recycled our bean seeds to make a shaker out or baby juice jars. We put stickers we had on them, and then there was nothing left to do but shake!
We used our old water and pop bottles, to make bubble blowers and outside we went to make bubbles! ( I use baby shampoo and water, so if it gets in their eyes or mouth it isn’t quite as gross!)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Real Fun!
BUBBLE SNAKE MAKER (love it!)
1. Gather your supplies ~ an empty plastic bottle, a piece of terry cloth fabric ( I used baby washcloths from the Dollar Tree, but a old washcloth or tube sock works great too ) and a rubber band.
2. Cut the bottom off your plastic bottle and cut your fabric into a circle.
3. Assemble your Bubble Snake Maker by putting the fabric over the open bottom of your bottle and securing it with the rubber band.
4. Put some dish detergent in a bowl and add a little bit of water. Dip your Bubble Snake Maker in and you’re ready to go!
BUBBLE RECIPES
Recipe #1
- 1 gallon hot water
- 1/4 cup glycerin (available in many pharmacies and craft stores)
- 1 cup Dawn dishwashing liquid
Gently mix all ingredients together. This bubbles work best if you allow it to sit overnight in an open container before using for the first time.
Recipe #2
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1/2 cup Dawn dishwashing liquid
Put water and corn syrup in a bowl and microwave for 3-4 minutes. Stir to combine. Gently mix in dishwashing liquid.
Where the Wild Things Are!
Today we read the book and watched the video,
made a hat and added it to a crown ,
a mural of the Wild Things and their ruckus (I did them individually and we glued each one together),
and designed our own Wild Things (I pre-cut out shapes and features in different colors)!
Minus Blake's since we didn't take the picture before he left early! Sorry Blake!
Whale starts with W!
It’s all about Whales today! We started with a Ww page for our writing practice, and then it was on to the whales! Then we made a whale puzzle from www.first-school, then on to a Beluga Whale Puppet, and then we painted a white whale I found on first-school. I printed it on dark blue paper, and then we painted with white paint. Looks cool, and we had a WHALE of a good time today!
Seeds!
We are anxiously watching our planted seeds, and some are expecting them right away, so patience is hard to come buy at our house! We made a cute rhyme with seeds and talked about the sun, water, and time! I found this cute idea from one of my mailbox books, so I’ll just copy you the poem, you make the ovals, and add silly faces. I had them paste the poem to the bottom of the page, color some soil, add their seeds, sun and rain.
Here’s the poem:
Five little seeds buried in the ground;
The first one said, “When is the sun coming around?”
The second one said, “I really need a drink!”
The third one said, “I feel some rain, I think!”
The forth one said, “I’m cozy in my bed.”
The fifth one said, “Wake up, you sleepyhead!”
The rain came down and the sun came out,
And those five little seeds-they started to sprout.
This activity helps kids with recognizing ordinal numbers and the science of seed growth.
We also “water colored” a Walter the Walrus picture. I found this is a book (Child Caring A Helping Hand for Parents and Home Childcare Providers, by Ardis Gordon) but any ole walrus will do. We did a What Begins with W? page, and then it was outside to play today!
will do.
Jack and the Beanstalk!
Here’s the Jack and the Beanstalk we watched on youtube!
Today we are talking about seeds, so we will be planting a bean, and doing other seed projects. I found these adorable printables from Scrappin Doodles to make the Jack and the Beanstalk Flannel Board Pieces. We also colored pieces to tell our own story from kidssoup. We also made this cute Jack climbing the beanstalk. Then we planted our own beans to grow a beanstalk! We even have pictures!
Blake and the dirt!
Tatum is an up-and-coming gardener!
Cameron concentrating on pushing his seeds down in the dirt!
Cooper has watered it, now where is the beanstalk!
Out and about!
Playing with little Bro through the door!
Pretty as a picture!
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary!
Mary how does your garden grow?
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary song!
We listened to this song while we colored our picture of Mary with the rhyme. Click on “print”, and that will bring up the PDF for you to color. Then we put raindrops on the page with a watering can. We used Q-tips to add the drops of blue paint, so it looks like it is watering the flowers. Then we made a V book from first-school, and we talked about all the words that start with V.
Cooper is back and wearing a sling! He did a great job today, and he even picked up his toys with 1 hand! Hurray Cooper!