Spiders, Skeletons, and Silly Monsters

Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures this week due to assessments.

However, we stayed busy!

We learned the official names of some of our bones.

Ask your child, "Why do we have a rib cage?
"What does the spine do?"

We discussed spiders facts and fears.

How many legs does a spider have? How many eyes? What do spiders eat?

 

We also had relevant conversations on how to be brave. Ask your child
if they can tell you about the brave hero's from our bible stories, Gideon and Daniel.

Sharing our pumpkins they worked on with you at home.

Monster creations.
They had to crinkle fold the arms and legs of their monster.
This is good practice that works the small muscles in their hands.
It helps prepare their hands for writing.

We worked out an ABAB pattern.
Also, we practiced writing letter S and number 7.

This is how we made silly monsters.
They blew air through the straw to move the
watercolor across the paper. Then, we added eye stickers.
If you look closely to the picture, you can see
they had to work a dropper. This is good small motor practice.
It's not as easy as it looks. They had to get enough, but not too much.

 

 

Pumpkins and 3-D shapes

Creating 3D shapes and writing our
names with shaving cream.

Creating scarecrow faces.

Identifying shapes around the room.
Friends were given the task to look around the room
for specific 3D objects. We looked for cylinders,spheres,
cones, rectangular prisms, etc.

Sharing our P items.

Drawing shapes.
We started with a square and ended with a cube.

Painting pumpkins

This activity served as cutting practice and
bringing 2D concepts into 3D. We folded and taped
the template as a cube.

Shape Town
They built a town using different shapes.
We discussed what shapes they used.
Then, they had to draw the shapes they used
onto small clipboards.

Spotlight student.

P is for pumpkin.
Tracing the letter P with glitter glue.

After a long break, some friends wanted to
share what they did with their families over the break.

Exploring the insides of the pumpkin.
Some friends dove right in with their hands.
Some wanted to use the tool. 

They were in charge of taping the strips of paper
in a way that makes it appear 3D. Some made
"playgrounds" and "zoos."

Fun in the minds-in-motion room.

Trying out the new caterpillar crawl.

Writing P's on a pumpkin.

Pumpkin Investigation.
We observed it, drew it, measured it,
and weighed it,