Friday, January 4, 2013

 
Back to school with a new month, a new season and a new year.
We had a lot of updating to accomplish with the Calendar.
January February 
March April May and June
July August 
September October
November December too!
Winter Spring Summer Fall
They are seasons, 4 in all
Weather changes, sun and rain and snow
Leaves fall down and flowers grow.
We made a list of words we think of when we hear the word winter.
We had the good luck of snow in the playground.
We created winter scenes.
We painted a snowy day ( or blizzards...) with bubble wrap.
We expanded on a book with creative thinking and art.
The Mitten by Jan Brett is a winter story filled with fun possibilities.
 
After the story we discussed how incredible it was all the animals fit in small knitted mitten.
Morah Katie: We each have a mitten, and it is sooooo big it can fit a ?????
I think my mitten can fit a..... Whale!
Dena: A whale?! Mine can fit a train!
Kian: Oh well mine can fit a dinosaur.
Noah: My mitten can fit a huge box.
Josiah: Mine can fit a lot of boxes too!
Tori: Mine can fit a fish.
We had enough snow for snowballs, we did not have enough for a snowman; we drew one instead.
Credits: 
Nose by Tori
Mouth by Dena
Scarf by Josiah
Arms by Kian
Feet by Noah
Eyes by Isaac
Buttons by Anton
Hat by Gracie
More Buttons by Scout
We finished our week with an experiment.
Can we make.....
 
PLAY DOUGH?
YES We CAN!!
 A class vote determined the color.

No cook play dough
2 cups flour
1/4 cup salt
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp oil (we used olive oil) 
food coloring
mix ingredients together, add coloring last.
keep in ziploc bag.
(add more water/oil depending on consistency)


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