Letter X

X-ray body: 
The front of the paper doll was decorated to look like them. The second paper doll was black and the kids drew their skeleton with chalk. These dolls were layered together and attached with a brass fastener.

X-Ray hand prints:
I used white paint to dip the children's hand in. Then put the hand print on black construction paper.  Take white chalk to outline the hand.

SONGS

Here’s a movie version of “Dem Bones” that sings the song and gives more information about the bones.

Earth Day

CRAFT & ACTIVITY:

Litter Bug

We talked about trash and litter on the ground and that it belongs in the trash.

I crumpled up newspaper and threw it all over our play room.  This kids had to pick it up as fast as they could and put it in the trash.

SONG:

No, No, No More Litter

Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Credit

No, no, no more litter

In our parks or streams.

Sparkily, sparkily, sparkily, sparkily -

Keep them nice and clean!

HAPPY EARTH DAY!

Letter W

This week we focused on the letter W.

WINDOW

We made a window box and put flowers on them in front of a window.

WEATHER

We talked about the different things you wear in all kinds of weather.

WEATHER BOTTLES

You need empty bottles, blue dye, glitter and a hot glue gun.

I showed each child how the dye changes the water.

We added glitter to represent the rain.

 I hot glued the lid to the bottle to prevent little ones emptying the contents in the bottle.

You can image what kind of mess that would be!

The kids had fun shaking their bottles and watching the "rain" fall.

Continuing with the weather theme, we made umbrellas.

To make this craft you need coffee filters, markers, pipe cleaners and a spray bottle filled with water.

The kids colored their coffee filter any way they wanted.

The more color the better. 

We took the water bottle and sprayed it a little.

We added a pipe cleaner to make the umbrella handle. 

WATERMELON

WHALE

BOOKS

Why is the day all Gray? (Winnie the Pooh, Disney book)

The Wind Blew (Pat Hutchins)

SONGS

Thunder, Thunder

tune of Frere Jacques
Thunder, thunder
(hit palms of hand on the floor)
hear me roar, hear me roar,
pitter patter rain drops, pitter patter rain drops,
 (take finger tips and tap the floor)
I'm all wet, I'm all wet.
(shake your hands like you are wet)

Playing in the Sand

Uncle Todd built a new sandbox over the weekend.

It seems to be a BIG HIT!

Thank you Uncle Todd!!!!

Fantastic Flowers

Convert your classroom into an oversized flower garden.

To make: accordion fold each of six 9" x 12" sheets of colored construction paper.  Cut a curve at the top of the construction paper to make the flower petals.  Cut a small 'C' shape towards the bottom of the construction paper.  Punch a hole from the short, straight edge of each folded piece.  With the folded pieces stacked, thread a pipe cleaner through the holes, twisting the ends to create a ring.  Gently pull the upper and lower paper edged around to meet and staple or paste them in place.

Letter V

VIOLETS

VOLCANOS

The kids also liked watching a short video clip of a volcano erupting. Their eyes went wide and they all said "WOW"!  It was cute watching all their expressions.