Last week the kids were all enjoying playing outside in the leaves.
This week we got a fun little taste of Winter! We even got to slide on the sled slide at recess. Please remember to send snow gear in for your children when there is snow on the ground. We try to go outside everyday and the kids love to play in the snow. If you can send everything together in a large reusable bag with your child's name written on the outside, it makes it much easier to get everyone dressed to go outside.
Unfortunately/fortunately (depending on how you look at it), our snow has melted now so we will have to wait for the next Winter storm to hit to play in the snow again.
We have had a few more science lessons with Mr. Ryan and Miss Linda. The kids really enjoy these lessons with our parent/grandparent volunteers. We did an experiment to see what would dissolve in water with Mr. Ryan. This was hands on and a lot of fun for the kids to stir the item they chose and watch to see whether or not it dissolved in the water.
The bright green Kool-aid was a big surprise! It didn't look green when it was in the cup.
We also learned about sponges with Miss Linda and got to do an experiment to see which sponge worked better, the natural sponge that God created, or the one the man created. Of course we know which one was the best.
We watched the effects of wind on water and that was fun to see too.
We are moving right along in our curriculum and this week we have been learning about the letter M and the number 13. During centers and circle time, we have been talking about our blessings and the things that we are thankful for. The kids have worked hard on lots of fun Thanksgiving projects in addition to learning their numbers and letters. We hope that everyone has a very happy Thanksgiving! We are very thankful your children and the opportunity to spend time with all of them each week!
