Welcome back!

 We were so excited to see our friends this morning! Everyone hopped right back in to learning and playing. We began our exploration on Winter through the lens of the book The Mitten.

Using Kinetic Sand, we made snowflakes using tanagrams.  We took turns making different patterns, naming the shapes and the colors!

Our little engineers love science experiments.  Today, we created a snowstorm in a jar using: baby oil, water, white paint, glitter and Alka-Seltzer.  We took turns adding the Alka-Seltzer to the jar to make the snowballs fly around in the jar.  This was a great opportunity to talk about the core words fast and slow, up and down, and in.  After our experiment was over, some friends brought paper and crayons over to the table to draw what they saw!

Using the animal prints found in The Mitten we stamped animal tracks on a piece of paper at the art table.  Throughout the week we will add to this paper to create a beautiful collage! At our easel, we used water color paint to reveal winter themed images.

Indiana Early Learning Foundations:

ELA1.3 Demonstrate ability to engage in conversation
ELA3.1 Demonstrate mechanics of writing
M2.2 Demonstrate awareness of patterning
M3.1 Demonstrate understanding of classifying
M4.1 Understanding of spatial relationships
M4.2 Exhibit ability to identify, describe, analyze, compare, and create shapes
SE4.1 Demonstrate relationship skills
APL1.2 Demonstrate interest and curiosity as a learner
APL3.1 Demonstrate development of sustained attention and persistence
SC1.2 Demonstrate awareness of the physical properties of objects
SC4.1 Demonstrate engineering design skills
SC5.1 Demonstrate scientific curiosity
CA3.2 Demonstrate creative expression through visual art production