Ryan and Ethan started their morning playing with Wiki Sticks at the touch and feel pool. These long, sticky, multi-color sticks can be shaped and molded into just about anything. We talked about all the different colors, and we made snowmen, people, balls, shapes, hearts, etc.
It was a brisk but beautiful morning to play on the playground. We introduced Ethan to our friends from Dilworth United Methodist preschool, and he and Ryan had a blast doing all sorts of things together. They pushed big trucks and shopping carts. They played in the playhouse, went down the slide, and played chase. We also found some ice on some of the toys, and Ryan thought it would be fun to shoot the ice down the slide! I think the highlight of being outside though was definitely watching the recycle truck dump the cans on the street into the truck!
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| This is how we hold the rope as we walk from place to place. Great listening boys! |
After coming inside with red noses and very rosy cheeks, we settled down for our reading circle. Once again, we sang our new snowflake song, which still brought hysterical laughter from both boys! Our book today was Weather Seasons by Anne Herriges. This book teaches all about weather, plants, animals, and people in winter.
After our story we headed to the art table and made snowflakes out of popsicle sticks. We counted out 3 popsicle sticks and glued them crisscross to make six sides to our snowflakes...because we learned that all snowflakes have six points. Then we put glue all over them and added beautiful, sparkly sequins and cotton for the snow. Gluing the sequins onto the snowflakes was not an easy fine motor task, but both Ryan and Ethan persevered to create beautiful snowflakes.
We then began the fun project of making our own snow out of flour and baby oil. Ryan and Ethan helped me mix 4 cups of flour and about 1 cup of baby oil into a giant bin. As you can imagine, the snow we made was quite fragrant! We talked about how the snow felt, how it smelled, and its color and how our snow did not feel cold or smell like real snow. Then we pinched and molded the "snow" into snowballs, snowmen, hills, etc. When we were finished with this sensory project, our room looked like a blizzard had blown through and smelled like a baby!
So our word of the day was definitely "snowflake" today. When I introduce new words that have two or more syllables, I always show Ryan and Ethan how to clap the syllables as they say the word. This practice not only helps them learn how to mark syllables, but also increases their speech intelligibility as they say the multi-syllabic words. Try this at home when you come across big words that are difficult for your kiddos to say.
Questions to ask Ryan and Ethan today?
1. What did you do first when you made snow? Poured the flour into the bin
2. What did you do second to make the snow? Poured the baby oil into the bin
3. What did you do last with the snow? Played in it!
4. What did you make at school today? Snowflakes
Looking forward to another great week, as we learn all about winter clothes. Have a great weekend, and see you all on Tuesday!
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