Weather!

This week we talked all about the different types of weather. We made a tornado in a jar...and I even showed them a tornado that came passed my house several years ago. We worked on the letter Ww and the number 4.

*I was super sad to miss Friday! But Mrs. Jaime and Mrs. Jennifer held the fort down perfectly!

Thursday:

We checked to see our favorite type of weather...we then went back and hunted for all the Ww's

The kiddos made a weather chart of their own!

Super coloring!

Pro Martial arts came to visit us! We had a ton of fun learning about karate!

We can make wind by blowing through straws!

W is for weather..

These kiddos got 4 strips of paper and had to practice making a W
*This was a 2 day project.

Our last friends to share the, "Me" buckets!

I sure loved getting to know them!

 Friday:
After reading The Watermelon Seed book... (one of my all time favorites) we made watermelons of our own!

Our watermelon sensory bags! Just add hair gel and food coloring!

Time for friends and play!

Finishing our weather projects!

Counting seeds and adding stickers...a great fine motor skill! 

After making a tornado in a jar. Sorry I forgot to take pictures...but it is just water and dish soap...you then swirl it around and it makes a tornado! Here is a picture of the one that went past my house in 2012...
Here is the link to the activity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU7jUx5Mvx0

Apple Green...Apple Red!

What a great week exploring apples! We learned the parts of the apples, their life cycle, and some yummy things we can make from them. We also learned about the number 4 and the letter Aa.
*For some reason...I lost some of the photos I took on Thursday :(

Thursday:

After tasting the apples we got to share which ones were our favorites. We then graphed our results! A fun way to look at which had the most likes and which had the least.

We worked together to get ingredients ready to make crock-pot applesauce!

I took it home to back it over night.

Our yummy themed snack!

rolling pine cones in paint, glitter, and cinnamon! 

We like to get messy in preschool!

A sweet story time!

 Friday:

After reading about Johnny Appleseed...we made apples of our own...then labeled  the parts.

so smart!

We are loving the sand Mrs. Tracy brought to the school!

Time to finish our applesauce! 

What great chef!

Big helper!

Applesauce and Apple Jacks for snack!

Math time...staircase counting as I call it!
Each bucket has a number and the next is one larger. This is a great way for kiddos to learn number sense and simple +1 addition. The main thing I am looking for is the kiddos 1:1 counting. Especially at this age and this time of year...their mouths can verbally count faster than their fingers can move. So we together can work on slowing them down.

They were able to take their "apples" home to show you how they can count. I love sending stuff like this home to connect home and school. At this age kiddos LOVE "homework!"

Dot cube rolling. They rolled it and counted the dots. They then found that number on their apple tree and colored it in!

Time to make erupting apples.

After cutting the core out I filled the apple with baking soda and food coloring.
We then made predictions on what we thought would happen when I poured in vinegar. Some said it would rain, others said it would explored!

Then I poured in vinegar! Magic happened!

Aa is for Apple!
The kiddos peeled stickers to put on their A. A great fine motor skill for these sweet fingers!

Hard at work!

What an awesome week! Next week we will be exploring weather and the 4 seasons!