Leaves

September 29, 2009

Theme: Leaves

Choosing Time: Play-doh, Dominoes, & Duplos
Everyone enjoyed playing with the play-doh! It was fun to hear nice words such as, "May I use that?" or "Here you go!" We are becoming super good friends and treating each other so kindly. :) Everyone loves having their picture taken. See some of our creations....
Duplos kept Rilla out of the play-doh.

Snack: Thank you Jake for being a super snack helper! We ate yummy pretzels & goldfish crackers. Thank you also for passing out the bags for our walk!

Lesson: We had a mini lesson on safety. Our 3 rules were: 1) Stay with the group 2)Stay with your buddy & 3) Cross the street only when teacher says it is safe

Science:

• Our ladybugs are finally beautiful and ready to be set free!
• We observed 2 grasshoppers in a glass jar. One of them kept sticking an antennae out of an air hole. We all laughed at this. It was fun to watch them jump in the jar. There was some brown stuff on the bottom of the jar. One child asked me what that was. I responded, "Waste. All living things make waste." This opened a lengthy discussion about who & what makes waste. Everyone giggled when one child asked me if I make waste & I answered, "Yes." :)
• Our nature walk was fun & educational. On our walk, Jake caught & squished a grasshopper :) I deemed this as a good thing because it was in a beautiful flower garden. We noticed how some leaves are turning colors. We saw different types of seeds that trees make. We felt Lamb's Ear. We collected pine cones, small twigs, seeds, & leaves. I pulled a branch down and shook it to encourage the leaves to rain on us. A couple of trees had the same shaped leaves but their colors & seeds were different. We learned that some leaves are made up of tiny leaflets. Some leaves are fat while others are thin. We had fun collecting many things! We played with a small parachute: bouncing leaves off and taking turns going under. It was a beautiful day to spend outside :)
  

Art: Unfortunately we didn't get to our art project. You may want to encourage your child to create an animal or person out of the objects they collected. Just give them a piece of paper & some white glue & see what they come up with. I will also incorporate our project later on next month :)