5.31.10-6.4.10

Our week has been so much fun, Robert was home on Memorial Day so he was able to do school with us on Monday.

 Scissor Practice Activities:


We use the activities out of this book. We try to do 3 scissor activities a week but it depends on the week. 

                  Caitlyn                             Chloe

Science Activities: 

Sun Faded Prints

Caitlyn's hypothesis, it (the objects) will turn into goo 

Chloe's hypothesis, it (the objects) will melt

Before sun 10:30am    

           Caitlyn                                         Chloe 

Taking the objects off of their papers to see if their hypotheses were true or false...

           Chloe                                                 Caitlyn

After sun 1pm    

         Caitlyn                                                         Chloe

Their reactions: Although their hypotheses were proved false, they loved seeing the "prints" that the sun made with the objects they chose.

Popsicles

Caitlyn's hypothesis, The orange juice will melt in the freezer

Chloe's hypothesis, 

The orange juice will melt in the freezer

Pouring in the orange juice

Putting the sticks in (with a piece of banana on the end to help with balancing the stick-it doesn't work as well as I thought it would - I readjusted it a few hours later)

After 2 1/2  hours in the freezer, Chloe changed her hypothesis after observing, "They are not frozen yet!" Her new hypothesis is that the popsicles will freeze in the freezer. 

After Dinner, we took out our ice pops and enjoyed them in the backyard. We talked about how it was reversible change because it changed from juice (liquid) to ice (solid) and as it melted it was turning back into juice (liquid).

                                                                                                                             

Caitlyn was having a hard time eating her ice pop so she put it back in her cup like this to make it easier and to keep her hands from getting too cold. She is such a good problem solver! :-)

Color Mixing

We used 3 cups of water, and food coloring to first make the primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and then we mixed primary colors to make secondary colors (purple, orange, green). The girls thought that when we added the 2nd color that the water would turn to that 2nd color but then after we did the first one, they saw that it made a new color. I made a picture to help remind them of what we learned.

Math:

Counting by 5s                                                                                      

Chloe used these number cards and play nickels to review counting up to 60. I am focusing on up to 60 so that these skills can be transferred over to telling time.


Caitlyn is working on tracing her numbers:

Art:

Alphabet Trees

Caitlyn Writing Practice: 

She traced the letters that spell Chloe in lower case and the letters that spell Caitlyn in capital. She decided to do this on her own, it was so cute!

                                                                        

Chloe Writing Practice:

Reading Practice (Books they read to me):

Chloe- 

• 101 Dalmations (a Disney book)
• Morris the Moose (Level 1- I can Read) by 
• Fancy Nancy: The 100th day of school (Level 1 - I can Read) by Jane O'Connor
• Fitch & Chip: Invasion of the Pig Sisters (Level 3- Ready to Read) by Lisa Wheeler

Caitlyn

• The going to bed book by Sandra Boynton
• Oh My, Oh My, Oh Dinosaurs by Sandra Boynton
• Touch and Feel Farm by DK
• Fuzzy Bear's Bedtime by Piggy Toes Press

Other Fun:
Caitlyn looked for letters and then spelled her name on her own! I think she's proud of herself. 

5.24.10-5.28.10

We only did school 2 days this week, as I was sick 2 days and they were with my friend Bianca on another day. 

Lesson Plans:

Scissor Practice Activities: 

             Caitlyn                            Chloe                                     

Art:

Finger painting!! 

Two of my girl's favorite things, being outside and painting. We don't do a lot of painting because of the mess so it took them a few minutes to realize that it was okay to use their hands and to get messy while having fun mixing the colors.

    

     

Science Activities: 

Wind Spinners

We made our own wind spinners while listening to some fun Preschool songs. We haven't been able to hang them outside yet because although it is sunny in the mornings, it has looked like rain in the afternoon. Love that Reno weather! (not really)

Caitlyn

Chloe

   

Math:

Chloe learned how to count by 2s up to 20 using unifix (counting) cubes. I didn't think that she had grasped the concept. The next day, when Robert asked what she had learned the day before, she started counting by 2s up to 10. She also did her addition flashcards (they have numbers on one side and pictures on the other to give a visual). I had separated the flashcards into sums of 10 or less and sums of 11 or more. She did the 10 or less pile with amazing accuracy. 

Caitlyn learned how to count by 1s up to 20 using her counting bears. She used her sisters addition flashcards and seemed to pick up on the concept of addition quickly. I was very surprised as I wasn't planning on using those with her til this coming school year.

Caitlyn Writing Practice: 

Chloe Writing Practice:

Reading Practice (Books they read to me):

I will start keeping track of the books they are reading next week.