Jellyfish March 30
Science - Dissecting a Flower
Search the yard for signs of spring! Allow your young scientist to pick a flower (from the base of the stem if possible), and then ask them to take it apart gently, piece by piece, laying out the parts on a tray of towel. Help your children identify each part of the flower. Can you find the stem, leaves, petals, or even some sticky yellow pollen?
Numeracy - Trace and Match
Trace small items such as different shaped blocks, small toys, or other small items (be creative!) onto a blank sheet of paper. Encourage children to name the shape, then match up the item to the outline. Younger children may do best with simple shapes and shape identification (circle, square, rectangle, etc). Advanced fingers can trace the items themselves! Challenge ; encourage children to create a scene, draw characters, and dictate a story about their shapes.
Outdoor Art
Here is an idea we found that would be fun for all ages on non-rainy day! It requires sidewalk chalk, blue painter's tape, and some adult help designing a pattern.
Move Your Body
Yoga
My friend Jamie is the creator of Imagination Yoga. She has been featuring daily yoga sessions during this home break. You can find her first video here!
Indoor Bowling
Dig through that can or recycle bin! Pull out 6 or 10 empty (and clean!) bottles or cans, ideally of the same size and shape. Set up these “pins” into a triangle spaced out like bowling pins. Standing 5-10 feet away, roll a ball across the floor and knock over those pins! Don’t have a ball? Roll up some socks, or use an orange you don’t mind sacrificing. Take turns knocking over the pins as well as setting them back up.
ART
Learn How to Draw a Bunny
Cooking
Recipe of the Week
The older Jellyfish used this dough recently to model some really cool sculptures. This dough is very forgiving, and can be air-dried or baked in order to paint. Remember to use flour on hands and work surfaces to prevent sticking!
Salt Dough
2 c flour
1 c salt
¾ c water (or a little more)
Mix ingredients together. If dough is too sticky, add more flour. Dough can be used immediately or stored in a Ziploc bag. To harden: for small figures bake at 350 for one hour. For smaller items, bake at 250 for 3 or more hours until golden brown. Poke holes in dough before baking if used for hanging.
🤖 STEAM: Robot Fun 🤖
Build your own Mini Robot
*If you build one out of an aluminum or metal cans, please make sure an adult can remove sharp edges, by applying duct tape over the edges.
How might you make your robot walk without touch it string, magnetic)?
To prep the vests, cut down the middle of the brown paper bags or box. From there, cut a hole for the head and panels for the kids’ arms. What materials will you use to make sure your robot body has all the needed parts?
I’m a Little Robot
Get your Robot Gear on get ready to sing and move!
(Song Tune of I’m a Little Teapot, revisions from Preschool Plan It)
I’m a little robot
Short and strong. (squat and flex muscles)
Here are my handles,
Just turn me on. (hands on hips and gentle push your belly button)
When I get all warmed up
Watch me go! (walk fast around an open space)
Sometimes fast …
Sometimes slow!
Balancing Robot
Where will you place your 2 pennies in order to make the robot balance?
Once you can get your robot to balance, what else can you balance your robot on?
Climbing Robot
Draw your own robot or use the robot printable above to make your robot.
Follow the instructions on the Website
How can you make your robot climb to the top?
Build a Robot Dice Game
Who will put the last piece on the robot or to change it up, have two boards and see who can be the first to build their robot?
Life Size Robot
Gather some recycled materials like cardboard boxes, tall and regular size aluminum cans and a hot glue gun. What other materials could you use to make a life-size robot?
Robot Treats
You’ve made a mini robot and possibly a life size robot, now how about a robot you can eat!
Robot Read Alouds & Storytime
Robots Everywhere! A Little Golden Children’s Book. Read aloud by Kara Pop
The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot, Story by Margaret McNamara, Illustrated by Mark Fearing
Pete the Cat Robo Pete, Written by James Dean
Super Bert - The case of the blue button , Written by Ole Greve
Love, Z, Written by Jessie Sima
*After hearing these stories what adventure will you go on as a robot?