Is an avocado a fruit or a vegetable? Are those really seeds on the outside of the strawberry? The children in Alpha have been using their sense of touch and smell to explore different types of fruit. Comparing and contrasting the skins of a pineapple, strawberry, grapefruit and avocado has been a wonderful exploratory process. The children used and strengthened their verbal and critical thinking skills while having fun with their explorations!
Does the skin of the grapefruit really have a smell? It was said to be "smooth," "shiny" and "cold."
It was discovered that the bottom of the pineapple was "like an oval" and "prickly like the hedgehog!"
The squash seeds in the cups have not only sprouted, but are growing really fast!
Before planting, the children examined the roots that had been helping their plants grow.
A four layer sunflower plant puzzle, from seed to flowering plant has been quite a challenge.
Alpha students love learning about SPIDERS! This week they have enjoyed making oval play-dough shapes to represent the spider's abdomen and then counting out eight chenille stem legs. After observing pictures of many types of spiders and researching the number of eyes that each type have, they added googly eyes to make their spiders complete. They have found it to be quite fascinating the various places that a spider might have it's eyes.
What a proud feeling to be part of a team! This team together built a fort to protect all of the orange and gold gems. They loved sharing about the secret passageways of their structure, as well as their building plan.
"The hay grows tall, the farmer cuts it down and he rakes it into rows....." The boys and girls sang this song that they learned with Mrs. McIvor while playing on the large bale of hay on the playground.
They were quite creative making up new games to play.
On Friday the children had so much FUN taking part in the Halloween Exploring. Making fossil prints in orange gak with bats, centipedes, pumpkins and spiders was a real treat.
"Trick or Treat!" The boys and girls pretended it was Halloween by dressing chicken nuggets in different costumes to go trick or treating!
The children practiced eye hand coordination by tossing bean bags into Halloween buckets and then trying it again!
Wow, maneuvering through a large spider web can be quite tricky. Strategizing and balance are definitely required!
What is this gooey stuff? Eyeballs. spiders, bats and even jack-o-lanterns were discovered in the slimy, cold, purple spaghetti!
Rock and roll bats were a big hit! To paint their bats, the boys and girls dipped a golf ball in gold paint and dropped it in a big tub. Next they moved the tub up, down and all around as the golf ball painted their bat. For a finishing touch, they added a few sprinkles of glitter! What a great Exploring!
Some books read this week:
"Mrs. McNosh and The Great Big Squash" by Sarah Weeks
"Stellaluna" by Janell Cannon
"Hallo-Wiener" by Dav Pilkey
"Skippyjon Jones" by Judy Schachner
Upcoming dates:
10/31 Halloween Parade - 8:30/ Fall Festival -9:45 Dismissal
11/2 Exploring
11/8 Poetry in the Park - 8:30
11/9 School closed / Professional Day
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