Weather

It  was so good to see everyone after spring break!  The kids had a lot of stories to share with one another during circle time.  Our unit this week was weather.  We started out by making a list of things we already knew about weather.  The list included "Thunder storms are loud.  Sometimes I see lightening.  It snows in winter.  It can be hot in summer.  I like to go swimming. Raiin makes puddles.  Puddles are fun to jump in.  I like to wear rain boots.  It's fun to play in the rain"

Then we talked about clouds and how fun it is to look at clouds and see different shapes.  We read the book It Looked Like Spilt Milk.  The kids picked up on the story pattern right away and joined in with the reading.  Later during activity time each child picked a shape and decided what it looked like.  Then we glued the shape down and wrote what we thought it looked like.  The pattern was from the book.  "Sometimes it looked like a ________ but it wasn't a ________."  it was just a cloud in the sky.

We had music with Mrs. Jenkins and are working on the songs for our spring sing which will be coming up in May.  

We went outside after music and looked at the clouds in the sky to see if we say anything.  The kids said they saw an alligator, a house, and a dinosaur!

We've also been looking at signs of spring this week.  Mrs. Chyko found a pussy willow tree near our play set.  

We saw how the little gray fuzzy buds turn into flowers...so cool!

Wednesday we talked about wind.  We realized that you can feel wind but you can't see it.  However you can see what it does, like blow trees, or flags, or us!  We learned that you can catch wind by blowing up a balloon.  We filled it up with air (wind) and then we let it go to see the energy that wind has.  The  balloon flew all around our classroom.  Everyone was laughing.  We had to do this 3 times  before we tied the balloon to trap the wind inside.  We also discovered that you can make wind!  Everyone got a straw and blew through it.  We blew the balloon around the room with our straws.  We used paper bags to make kites, then we went outside to fly them...so fun!

We talked about the water cycle and evaporation on Thursday.  We painted with water outside and then watched our paintings evaporate!

We talked about how rain helps flowers to grow (along with sun and dirt).  We used tissue paper to make spring flowers.

We went on a walk to find some spring flowers growing in gardens.

We found crocus as well as daffodils and pansies!

At the end of the day Charlie saw a giant bug outside of our classroom...it was the biggest bug I ever saw!!  We all gathered around to look at it.  Mrs. Chyko did some research and found out that it was a type of water bug that is nicknamed a "toe biter".  

Friday we facetimed with Liam out in New Jersey. It was fun to talk with him and see his new house.  He showed us his yard and his room.  Then we went for a walk to the park and played outside for the rest of the morning.