Friday, March 23, 2012--Clouds and Wind

Today we wrapped up our Ww unit and our discussion of weather. We started out after our Ww morning work with a messy little exercise in fine motor skills. The kids sat in a circle and practiced using their pincher muscles to tear white paper for our cloud activity. Mr. David, who cleans our room each day, was probably very excited to see their handiwork.

Getting started

The kids getting a little help from Ms. Hill

Can you see me now?

Bryon working hard

Wow! Great job!

When we finished tearing our paper, we brought it to the tables and brainstormed what kinds of clouds we liked and/or what shape we hoped to see in the clouds. Then we used the white paper to shape our "clouds" onto our paper. Check out some of their creations!

Organizing the glue just right

Sydney and Emily shaping their clouds

Benjamin's cloud is shaped like a comfy chair!

Grant likes cumulus clouds because they are white and puffy.

We also put the finishing touches on our windsocks. Hopefully we will have a little breeze on Monday so that we can test them out.

During Circle Time we tried our hand at making a homemade thermometer. We'll check to see how well we were able to measure temperature on Monday.

Emily was our leader today! She did a great job!

We made sure we saved time for our favorite activity--Show and Tell! The kids look forward to this all week, and we had some really fun items on Friday. Every single boy and girl had something to show! Here are just a few.

Sophia's bear danced to "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head." Perfect for this week's unit!

Grant brought in some very cool magnetic beads and wands!

Group shot of all of our cuties!

Thank you to all of the moms and dads who sent in healthy snack this week! See you tomorrow!