This morning Melinda led a science experiment creating sand. Using Starbuck’s coffee grounds (thank you Alexandra G.!), salt, flour and corn meal, friends measured, poured and hand sifted sand. Using mathematical concepts, we compared the amounts of ingredients as well as the containers from which we poured. We poured in order of size (ex: “whoever has the largest container – pour it into the tub!”) adding ingredients sequentially.

As we mixed the ingredients together, friends made observations and comparisons: “It looks like an oreo cookie! It looks like dirt! It does feel like sand! It smells like coffee!”

Friends then squeezed the sand into balls, sifted and rubbed it between their fingers and enjoyed the fruits of their labor!

Melinda then made coffee ground Play-dough!

To pass the rainy day indoors, we blew bubbles out the back door, sang “Bubbles in the Bathtub” and acted out King Bidgood’s in the Bath.

 

A group of younger friends played house, everyone acting out being a baby. We sang “Hush Little Baby” using the animals from Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? identifying animals and colors.

The truck room was busy all morning as friends built structures with Magna Tiles and Trios.

For lunch we served toasted turkey and cheese on wheat bread, peas and bananas.

We’re all thinking of Tami as she recovers from yesterday’s surgery on her wrist!

Enjoy your day!