We have had so much fun in outer space this month! I think we were all a little sad for it to end. No worries though, this month's oceans theme is going to be great. Plus, we have our field trip to look forward to!
I know I've written about this before, but I love seeing the kids continuing to learn during their own time! One of their favorite things to do during snack time is to make shapes and letters out of their snacks. This is completely unprompted and unaided by me. This week they were practicing letters and numbers!
In my last post I mentioned that they were working on painting their rocket. On Monday we added decorations. Here is the finished product!
They had tons of fun playing in it on Wednesday and using their imaginations to explore space. Props to my husband on his idea for installing an instrument control panel, that was their favorite part!
While they were waiting for their turn in the rocket, they water-painted pictures of some of the things we've learned about throughout the month.
We also completed our paper plate astronauts this week! They turned out super cute!
Friday we got to celebrate Read Across America. We read some of our favorite Dr. Seuss books and played some fun games to go along with them.
After reading The Cat in the Hat, we helped the cat pick up all his hats. The kids rolled dice, counted the number of dots showing and then 'picked up' (crossed out) the hat with that number.
We loved reading "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish". It is one of the finer examples of Dr. Seuss's amazing imagination. Afterward the kids got to make their own fish bowls. We painted the water with corn syrup. It stays nice and shiny when it dries so it looks like water!
To finish out the day we read "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" and played with some Oobleck of our own. (Always a hit!)
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