Week in Review (1/17-1/20)

Week in Review (1/17-1/20)

New Blocks

Our classroom is always a Construction Zone! We brought some new, large hollow blocks into the building area to extend on this. The children have brought them out everyday this week to build icebergs, speed boats, pirate ships, roads, buildings, and more! It is exciting to watch them engage with this new material. We look forward to seeing what they construct next. 

Objectives Met:

11. Demonstrates positive approaches to learning 

a. Attends and engages

b. Persists

c. Solves problems

d. Shows curiosity and motivation

e. Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking

Small Scientists

We are lucky enough to have a class full of scientists this year. Recently we have offered the children some new scientific experiments to explore. They studied the reaction of combining baking soda and vinegar. We also froze small toys in ice and challenge the students to get them out. They tested different methods such as adding hot water and scraping the ice with spoons. They enjoy noticing the cause and effects happening in their experiments. 

Objectives Met:
 24. Uses scientific inquiry skills.
26. Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials

Pendulum Painting

It was exciting to combine movement and art this week when we used a pendulum for painting. We attached a cup and string to a frame creating a pendulum. The children put paint in the cup and watched what happened as it moved over the paper. "Its making a planet shape!" said James L. Kirby said "We need to make more dots"

Objectives Met:

11. Demonstrates positive approaches to learning 

a. Attends and engages 

b. Persists 

c. Solves problems 

d. Shows curiosity and motivation 

e. Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking 

26. Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials