Music Activity: Do Your Ears Hang Low?

Our music activity on this day was Do Your Ears Hang Low?

You can hear the song by clicking on this link.

We acted out the words to this song while we sang it.

Story Book for February 20, 2009

Our story book for February 20th was My Body, Your Body by Mick Manning.  This book looks at human and animal body parts with comments on differences and similarities between them.

Science Activity: Gooey Mixture

For this activity we used a Cornstarch and water recipe to make this gooey mixture.  We added a little food coloring to make it more appealing to the children.  The kids had a good time experimenting with the different textures of this mixture.

Story Book for February 19, 2009

Our story book for February 19th was My Friend the Doctor by Joanna Cole.  In this story a little girl visits the doctor for a check up.  This book does a good job of preparing a child for an upcoming doctor's visit.

Story Book for February 18, 2009

Our story book for February 18th was More Parts by Tedd Arnold.  In this story a little boy has the fear that his body parts may start coming off when he hears the people around him using such phrases as, "Give me a hand", "Hold your tongue" and "It makes my skin crawl".  He later learns that these are just figures of speech, and he has nothing to fear.

Science Activity: Smelly Playdough

For this activity we made our own playdough with a salt and flour recipe.  After the initial batch of playdough was made, each child got to pick a scent that they wanted to add to their playdough.  The children mixed in various flavors of kool-aid to give their playdough a distinct smell.

Story Book for February 17, 2009

Our story book for February 17th was My Feet by Aliki.  This book explains all the ways our feet are important to us.