Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Theme: Look, Listen, and Learn (The 5 Senses)
Dates: January 5-15
From: Tanya

Language Experiences:

  • Make magic "goop" with cornstarch and water.
  • Make a texture book with fabric, sand paper, fleece, tape, smooth paper, and bubble wrap.
  • Sniff smelly sensory cups and try to guess what is inside.
  • Make air popped popcorn while using all of our five senses. Yummy!:)
  • Taste various foods that are bitter, sweet, sour, salty, minty etc.
  • Make delicious pudding and explore using all of our five senses.
  • Make pipe cleaner glasses and go on an outside walk to explore nature.
  • Make mirrors and go on a "reflection walk" around the school to explore all of the things we might see our reflection in.

Vocabulary:

The 5 senses, hear/listen, taste, smell/sniff, see/look/watch, touch/feel, sweet, salty, sour, bitter, sparkly, whisper, shiny, rough, smooth, hard, soft, sticky, squishy, daytime, nighttime, bright, reflect

Notes:

Welcome back everyone!! I hope you all had a nice and relaxing holiday with your family. While I enjoyed a little break, I really looked forward to seeing your children again today! They are doing fabulous! Due to some changes in the schedule, we will not have our typical show and tell schedule this week...however it will resume again next week (please see date changes below). I'm looking forward to exploring our 5 senses this week and next! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Show and Tell Dates:

Monday: Ben D. and Kennedy

Wednesday: Isiah and Frank

Friday: Sooah

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