S is for Silhouettes

Happy Friday!!



Can you pick out your kiddo!?




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Parts of a Plant

Today we learned the basic parts of a plant.
Stem...





Leaves


Roots


Flower





Done and done!


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What do Plants Need?

This week we are moving on to our next living thing unit...plants. Today we discussed what plants need to live, and we did some fun experiments to test it out.

The first experiment we did was to test out how plants drink water, and what it does for them.
To do this we:


Put food coloring in water cups












Then we put freshly cut celery stalks in the colored water











Finally we made our predictions


Now we wait and watch!

Then this afternoon we started our own personal plant experiments so that we can watch plants grow (hopefully) up close and personal.
Each child put one water soaked lima bean


And one water soaked cotton ball





Into our own "Sprout House"





Then put them in the window to ensure our beans have enough light


We also have three experimental plants...
One with no water ball, one with the bag zipped up so it is getting no air, and one that is receiving no light






Then we did the first log in our Plant Journal










We will continue to journal about our plant's growth and find out if our predictions prove true! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Life Cycles

To end our fun animal unit we talked about those crazy animals that start as one thing and end up as something completely different!
First up...polliwog to frog.


We made a life cycle book, and cute frogs to hang in our room.















Then...caterpillar to butterfly.
Of course we had to start with the wonderful Eric Carle classic "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". Then we learned the cycle and made reminder bracelets...white bead for the egg, one red and three green beads for caterpillar, a brown bead for the chrysalis, and finally a butterfly bead.






Then we learned through eating...the best way to learn if you ask me.









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Valentines Day

Love is in the air!! Love of candy, cupcakes, and any excuse for a party that is. Here are some fun snapshots from our PreK VDay.

Will and Emma's reading buddy hand delivered Valentine goodies. Now sweet is that!?



Mmmmmmm






All at once huh


Yep, all at once...and loving it!


Pucker up!



Time to pass out the goods.









What a fun day!

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