Letter "L"

Theme: Letter "L" with some enLightening experiments

Choosing Time: Light Box Drawing, Shadow Play, Pose for a Silhouette, Foam Blocks, Dinosaurs, Ponies
Snack: Today we celebrated Spencer's 5th Birthday! Thank you Spencer for bringing yummy cupcakes for a special snack treat today!

Lesson: We learned about the letter "L": its sounds & how to draw both the upper & lower case letters. We discussed what words begin with "L". Leo knew that "he" begins with "L" :)

Science: We did 3 experiments with light today. Unfortunately, the first one was a failure. I am going to fiddle with it to see if I can get it to work.

1. The first flop was to try and look at a light in the dark (bathroom) and then the image of the light should have imprinted and seen on a wall in the hall.
2. In a clear plastic container filled with water we could see a beam of light pass through the water. We added some powdered milk and noticed how the light appeared blue at one end and orange/red at the other.
3. We used a fish bowl filled with water as a big lens. We lit a candle and put it next to the bowl. I took a white piece of paper and held it up at the other end of the bowl. We noticed that the flame appeared upside down on the paper. The flame would grow bigger or smaller depending on how close/far the paper was from the bowl. We learned that glass & water can bend light.
   

Art: We painted "L"-shaped cut-outs. It was fun to mix the primary colors to make new colors.

Book: The Sheep Made a Leap by Hilda Offen

Movement: After we read the book, we had a fun time acting out the story. We tumbled, Laughed, Leaped, twirled, bowed, clapped, & pointed our toes. We had fun doing the actions several times.