Monday, April 8th

What a packed day we had today!

Connor worked on adding numbers together today. He couldn't quite understand how to come up with multiple parts to equal the whole so I broke out the mini white board and some pasta noodles so that it would be easier for him to visualize. Worked like a charm!

Meanwhile, I tried having Amelia work on patterns. That's a tough concept! So after we worked on that (for about two minutes) I had her look for shapes around the room. We used just the circles for this activity today. She LOVED it! Here's a picture of her running around the room looking for circles:

I told her we would do squares the next time ;)

So then it was on to science...

We reviewed the scientific method before starting our next experiment. Today we studied air. 

Question: Can we catch air?

Hypothesis: We can't catch air.

Experiment: 

1. We collected all of our materials:

2. We filled the bowl with 3 inches of water

3. We crumpled the paper towel up and placed it in the bottom of the cup

4. We flipped the cup upside down and forced it into the water:

5. When we pulled out the cup, the paper towel was still dry (I completely spaced taking a picture of the dry paper towel- but trust me, it works!)

6. Our HYPOTHESIS was wrong :( We CAN catch air.

So we tried it again with another experiment:

This time we tried to catch air in plastic bags. 

Hypothesis: We CAN catch air.

This time our hypothesis was CORRECT! We CAN catch air!

Why? Because air is everywhere! It fills up empty spaces.

For Spanish we moved away from numbers and on to colors. I just had Connor label colors in Spanish on a piece of paper. Amelia practiced too.

It was sunny today, so you know what that means: SOCCER! Connor has a pretty good goalie throw. I taught him how to pass while dribbling up the field.

For reading we read "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" by Beatrix Potter and identified the setting and characters of the story. Connor also wrote a summary in his narration journal.

We were so busy reading that we just moved right onto art:

But the day didn't end there. I am taking advantage of all of the AWESOME classes for kids they offer at our local library. So Connor got to participate in "Crafternoon."

Connor made a pinwheel flower and a "stained glass" butterfly. I am really impressed how much his cutting ability has improved since VPK. My little man is getting so big! I'm grateful for these precious moments we get to share together!