We began the week by pretending to be paleontologists opening the plaster of Paris dinosaur fossils with a hammer and screw driver. The children were amazed to see the imprint that the dinosaur had left in the plaster! This activity not only gives a glimpse into the world of the dinosaurs, but also helps to develop their hand strength and fine motor coordination!
This is the dinosaur that we measured with the macaroni at assembly last week and you can see it is 7 macaronis long. By the end of the week, it measured 5 macaronis long. We had a discussion about absorption and evaporation.
In celebration of Dr. Seuss week, we transformed the loft onto a combination of props from The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham to stir the children's imaginative play.
In preparation for the party on Friday, the teachers traced around each child. We read My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss and practiced making faces similar to the moods in the book.
Using Dr. Seuss as inspiration, we provided the children with props from the book, Go Dog Go by P.D. Eastman.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss provided the basis for snack. The children sorted them by color, created numerals and letters with the fish, and then counted them!
This balance scale gave the children opportunities to discover properties about weight. They had to match up bears with the same number to get them to balance.
Using the Handwriting Without Tears lines and curves with the magnet board reinforces letter formation!
Visiting Ms. O'Mullane's second grade class proved educational and fun! the children shook a small vial of a liquid for nearly 10 minutes and then discovered butter! They used the butter on a snack they all shared together!
On Thursday we went to the library to choose new books and Mrs. Smay read The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss! Ask your child what voom is?
We went to the Black Box theatre, which is attached to the main theatre, to watch Mr. Leavengood's upper division student perform songs and skits from their mini-mester. Each March the UD students provide a variety of service activities, both on-campus and off. One the children's favorites was a song entitled, Oranges and Lemons!
The spring break party was filled with Dr. Seuss themed activities. For snack we ate green eggs and ham and threw socks in a box! The children painted the life size outlines of themselves. As you can see they displayed a variety of feelings which is evidenced by the variety of colors of paint that they used. We decorated the paper hats with letters, dinosaurs, and flowers. The children created a door hanger for their bedroom by finding their initials using sticky letters and then decorated them with dinosaurs. The children had a grand time moving through
an obstacle course carrying a Dr. Seuss character!
THEMES for MARCH
March 19 ~ 23 Author - Eric Carle, Diamond, Rainbows
March 26 ~ 30 Insects, Spring, Diamond, Rainbows
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