After we read the book we talked about how president's pictures are on our coins. We sorted through a bunch of coins and put them in piles. We talked about the names of the coins and that each coin has 2 sides, heads and tails. We played a game where we threw the coin up in the air and had the kids guess whether it would land on heads or tails. The kids really liked doing this!
Naomi was our "Maple Leaf of the Week", so during circle time she shared her poster board with us. We had V8 Fusion to drink and a special snack that was a "Batman Boomerang" made out of Cocoa Krispies. Yum!!
Using markers, clothespins, construction paper and google eyes, Heidi came in and helped all of us make a bat project. So much fun!!
After our project, Heidi read us the picture book Stellaluna. Jake stopped by to visit and read us a couple of Pigeon Books by Mo Williams, He used silly voices for the different characters and had all the kids laughing! Thanks Naomi, Jake and Heidi, for helping us have such a great day!!
Later in the week we did a science experiment where we cleaned pennies. We used vinegar, salt, water and a toothbrush to make the pennies shine!
The kids watched how the experiment worked and now they're each getting a turn to clean 8 coins! This might be something fun to do at home!
Mrs. Chyko has been working with the kids as they make their own Piggy Bank. Each child cut out paper coins and glued them down. Mrs. Chyko helped them add up how much money they had in their bank! Next week we're going to use our clean, shiny coins to play a matching game with our Piggy Banks!
Not only was Naomi "Maple Leaf" this week but it was also her birthday week. We celebrated on Thursday with a delicious treat of banana chocolate chip muffins and pretzels! Happy 4th Birthday, Naomi!!
We enjoyed using wikki stix this week! Most of the kids had never used them before. We used them to trace over cards, create our own designs, and make a rainbow coin rubbing!
Some of the other things we did this week included playing with our kinetic sand, building with blocks, playing with cars, working in our kitchen, building our marble run, singing songs, playing movement games, using stencils, coloring, cutting, and reading!!
If you look on the counter by the globe you can see our Amaryllis. It has really been growing! We observed that is was bending towards the sun so we turned it around so it can bend back and straighten up. It has 2 big blooms on top, hopefully they will bloom next week!!
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