Good Afternoon!
The welcome activity today focused on different variations of lines. Using marbles, friends traced the lines by putting marbles down along the lines.
Lulu and Maddie incorporated patterns into the activity by putting specific colored marbles down such as blue, green, red, blue, green, red.
Jackson asked for an experiment this morning. Materials were gathered at the art table. Using wood, plastic trays, and wax paper, we built four ramps to go around the table. Once all of the seats were taken, we started in!
Using eye droppers, various liquids were tested on the wax paper. First, we started with baby oil and watched to see how fast it travelled down the ramp. Next came temper paint and so on.
The conclusion was that the water travelled down the ramp the fastest.
We have many friends who are involved in gymnastics class outside of school. We hear of the many different moves that friends learn in class so we implemented some of those moves this morning!
We borrowed the star/incline combo from Wee Wee. First, everyone took turns practicing a front somersault and backwards somersault. We talked about our core before starting, putting our hands on our stomach. I explained that when we’re trying to balance, we’re engaging our core muscles.
After we did our somersaults, we flipped the gross motor contraption over and practiced our balancing skills by trying to balance on the flat surface.
We got to go outside this morning. While it was just a little messy and muddy, we enjoyed the fresh air and vitamin D.
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with oatmeal and PPC grapes.
Lunch– Homemade egg casserole, cherry tomatoes, and apples.
PM snack– Blue corn chips and refried beans.
Wee Sprout– Peppers.
Have a great night.
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 2/1