Happy Monday!
This week, we’re focusing on animals and plants! Today, we started talking about the classification groups of animals. We had two friends in PREK1 who were able to correctly place their animal into the group after hearing a quick description and a few examples of animals in each classification group.
Science: K.4.1 Give examples of plants and animals.
We devoted the morning to learning about the solar eclipse and trying out some projects to visually enhance our understanding. We talked about how the moon will pass directly in front of the sun today blocking it from view. I used some balls to demonstrate how this will happen. The older kids worked on a science project creating the eclipse with paper. Adrian took special interest. After the project he made several drawings to help him work out exactly what was happening with the sun, moon and earth!
We created a drawing project that made the effect of a total eclipse and how it looks in the sky when the moon completely covers the sun. We used a paper circle and rubbed chalk around the outside. When we removed the circle, we could see our eclipse!
Breakfast– Whole wheat toast with butter and fresh oranges.
Lunch– Whole wheat pasta fresh tomatoes/fresh basil/shredded cheese, fresh pineapple/pears, and fresh cucumber/pepper.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with granola.
Wee Sprout– Fresh cucumber/pepper.
Have a lovely night!
-Wee Friends Teachers
Link to pictures: 2024-04-08