Now onto the super cool stuff we did in class this week. We learned about snow and ice. We were able to tie in the number 6 with the number of sides snowflakes typically have. We also made ice crystals of our own and were able to examine them up close! We worked on the letter Ii as well.
Thursday:
After Reading, Sneezy the Snowman we made a Sneezy of our own.
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| This was a fun activity. I had mixed: glue, white paint, and shaving cream together. I then gave the kiddos a simple instruction of painting 3 circles to make the body of the snowman. |
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| We then glued on the parts he needed to make the snowman. |
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| I loved their interpretation of a snowman...super cute! |
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| Oh my goodness! Oh so big! I think he is eating his Wheaties! |
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| Boys need their hair done too! This pictures is one to save! |
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| Mastering the letter Ii hunt...He's got this! |
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| Number Sense work with the number 6! We worked on tracing the number and counting out. I once again worked on modeling how to count before I grab...counting 1 piece at a time. |
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| Look at that wonderful pencil grip! |
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| Check out those master counters! |
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| Perfection! |
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| Science time...Let's make some crystals! |
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| Even parts of Epson Salts and Warm water |
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| We added just a bit of food coloring to emphasize the crystals... |
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| We then needed to refrigerate them over night so the crystals could "grow" |
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| After reading a cool non-fiction book about snow and snowflakes...we made snowflakes of our own. We counted the 6 sides first! |
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| Such a great fine motor skill....picking these beads up one-by-one is a bit challenging...and then stringing them on is one tough job! But these kiddos are amazing...and their little fingers are getting super strong and coordinated! |
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| Our new rock wall! There are so many benefits to this wall...coordination, upper body strength, problem solving skills! Plus the best part...they LOVE it! |
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| Mrs. Laura LOVES to help these sweet kiddos too! |
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| Here are a few other NEW Minds-In-Motion items we have recently added to our room... |
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| We continued with Jan Brett's The Mitten. The kiddos worked on retelling and sequencing the story. |
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| You can let them practice showing you at home! |
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| Melting ice! We learned that salt and warm water work great with melting ice cubes. |
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| Plus...Yup...You guessed it!! An awesome fine motor skill! |
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| Name work! Every kiddo is on a different page with learning their name...and that is ok! There are ways you can modify to help them learn and make it fun. |
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| With this kiddo I wrote his name at the bottom of the page... then he used the letters in his name to put them in the proper order....if he got stuck he checked his name at the bottom of the page. |
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| With this kiddo..I wrote his name larger where he would put the snowman's body... and he matched the circles with the letters on it to it. |
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| This kiddo didn't need me to do either... I then stapled the letters for the snowman to the sheet so they could model it for you at home. |
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| The crystals are ready for us to revisit! |
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| We got out the magnifying glasses to take a closer look. |
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| Super cool! |
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