We started the week with the egg game, where the children opened eggs to reveal some of the many animals that hatch from eggs.  They found crickets and goldfish, sharks and turkeys.  There were snakes and frogs, bluejays and sea turtles.  We saw lizards and alligators, ladybugs and spiders.  The children discovered owls and manta rays, snails and tortoises.  We even found a couple of dinosaurs inside some fossilized eggs! 

We brought the light table in so that we could see what was inside some pictures of eggs.  As the paper was illuminated, the little animals inside the eggs were revealed! 

Teacher Kate spent time making hidden letter pictures.  Each child had a personalized paper full of letters, with the first letter of their name written larger than all the rest.  When the children painted their page with watercolors, the crayon resist letters magically appeared! 

In an egg-speriment this week, we learned that eggs in a jar of cold water sank to the bottom, but eggs in a jar of warm salt water floated. The salt made the water denser, and this made the egg weigh less than the water around it, enabling it to float. 

Frozen Eggs was a sensory science activity in which the students used warm water and different tools to melt some ice eggs, freeing the animals inside.  Science is so much fun! 

Music class this week was all about our favorite songs and movement activities.  We also had so much fun exploring and trading the instruments so that everyone had a chance to play their favorites!