"Egg-cellent" Easter

We had a wonderful time celebrating Easter today! We learned about many of the traditional things that people do at Easter such as dying Easter eggs, going on Easter egg hunts, and creating Easter bunny art. Here are some pictures and video from our fun day!

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Egg Hunt

Then, we had the opportunity to perform several science experiments with our favorite Easter treat...PEEPS! First, we made predictions as to what would happen if you put a Peep in water, heated it up in the microwave, or put it in the freezer.  We predicted that a Peep in water would either dissolve or float. We observed from our experiment that a Peep in water would actually turn white because all of the sugar would dissolve in the water. Here is a before and after picture from that experiment:

After that, we decided to heat one up in the microwave and see what happened to it. Check out what he looked like after we heated him up!

Our Peep that we put in the freezer is still awaiting further observations. We will have to get back to you on the results of that experiment later.

Here is a summary of our Peep experiments:

Finally, we enjoyed an exciting jellybean sorting and graphing activity in Math! Here are some pictures from our activities. We hope you enjoy them! Please leave us a comment and let us know what you think.

Paper and Positional Words

In science the past two weeks, we enjoyed a study of paper. The first week, we were introduced to ten different kinds of paper (wax paper, corrugated cardboard, cardboard, kraft paper, toilet paper, paper towel, newspaper, construction paper, tagboard, and chipboard). Then, we tested these papers to see which ones were good for writing, folding, and which ones would absorb or repel water. Please check out our video from our paper experiments this week. Leave us a comment and let us know what you think. 

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The second week, we completed our science unit on paper by exploring different ways that we could change paper. This included an opportunity to explore paper boxes, paper recycling, and paper/wood creations. We also discussed why it is important to recycle and conserve paper, in order to save our trees. Check out our show of our experiments and pictures from our art projects below. The kids were super creative!

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What a busy couple of weeks back from Spring Break we have had! This week during our Social Studies lessons we have been studying about positional words (prepositional phrases). Through exciting and sometimes silly games and songs we have been learning about top/middle/bottom, over/under/on, inside/outside, near/far, and left/right. Check out our show below and see all the fun things that we have been up to this week. Be aware...you just might find yourself humming along!

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(Featured songs or games include: a rousing rendition of Top, Middle, and the Bottom, an Inside/Outside game, a Near/Far game, and a chance to kick along to the "Cupid Shuffle" while learning left/right.)

Game Night

We were lucky this week to enjoy a Family Game Night with both our families from home and our Kindergarten family at school. Our students were given the opportunity to teach their families how to play many of our different math games. We learned a lot and had a wonderful time! Here are some pictures from our fun night together! We hope you like them!