Activities:
- Snack Helpers: Molly & Ryder
- Theme this week: transportation!
- Art Projects: we made a butterfly and a shamrock (out of hearts)!
- Books: Plane Rides, Boat Rides, Train Rides
- Songs: "Choo Choo Train"; and "I'm a Little Airplane" (sung to "I'm a little teapot"): "I'm a little airplane in the sky; I start out low; then I fly up high. When it's time to land, my wheels come down. And then I gently touch the ground."
- Dora's clues: leprechaun, shamrock, green hat...... Happy St. Patrick's Day!
- We found a pot of gold (chocolate kisses) in the school today--- we decided the leprechauns brought it and forgot where they left it so we each got a piece of gold!! We also had mysterious green footprints in the school -- did they match our feet? Who left the green footprints? :)
- We've got mail: We found a project - how to make a balance scale! Directions: use a clothes hanger to make a balance - tie two identical cups on each end of the hanger so that they balance and tape them in place. Hook the scale to a door knob or cabinet handle, or hang it from the ceiling. Invite the children to weigh and balance small toy animals, clocks, shells, rocks, etc. How many rocks does it take to balance against one toy animal? What happens when you place one block in each cup? Does one square block weigh more or less than a rectangle shaped block? Or, do they weigh the same?
- Dismiss for snack activity: match transportation pictures! We talked about different ways that we travel - by air, land, and water.
- Mortimer the puppet introduced the letter "S"! He was wearing Socks!!
