Jellyfish, May 11
Reflections
Recently, I was at the ELC to tidy up the classroom. As I walked to the front door, I noticed all the changes that were happening on the piazza. I can’t see through the fence anymore because the vines have filled in. The trees were green and leafy. The birds have claimed the outdoor area as their play space. I thought about all the experiences this outdoor space gives to us: the honeysuckle that perfumes the air. The rosemary and mint that you like to munch on. The berries that we snack on between scheduled school snacks. The apples we pick and eat in the fall. The sunflowers that we gaze up at and serve as painting inspiration each year. I miss our outdoor classroom, and I miss all of you. I look forward to the time when we can share this special space with each other again.
Literacy
Jellyfish Friend Find
Print out this word search and see if you can find all your after-care friends!
Jellyfish friend word search.pdfRecipe of the Week
This is unique because you cook in a paper bag! My Aunt Lisa gave me this recipe, but she uses cheese puffs instead of popcorn. *treat this like microwave popcorn and watch/sniff closely*
Paper Bag Caramel Corn
4 qts popped popcorn
1 c brown sugar
½ c butter
¼ c light corn syrup
½ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp baking soda
Place popcorn in a large paper bag. In a 2 qt casserole dish, combine sugar, butter, corn syrup, salt and vanilla. Heat the mixture in the microwave for 3 minutes. Take out and stir until blended. Cook for another 1 ½ minutes. Stir in the baking soda. Pour syrup over the popcorn in the bag. Roll down the top of the bag once or twice and shake the contents to coat. Place the bag in the microwave and cook 1 minute. Remove the bag and shake. Flip the bag over and microwave again for 1 minute.
Dump popcorn out on wax/parchment paper to cool until the coating is set. Store in air-tight container.
Creative Art - Make Your Own Puzzles!
Here is a fun way to turn your recycling into something puzzling. Start with a manageable number of puzzle pieces and work your way up to a bigger, more challenging puzzle. I like this idea because you can choose the size of your finished picture.
Collage Pictures
I used magazine pages of different colors to create a new picture by simply cutting and gluing.
Numeracy - Dot-to-Dot
A fun way to practice number recognition and sequential counting, is through dot-to-dot puzzles! Click on the links below for 4 easy 1-30 dot-to-dots
https://coloringhome.com/coloring/bTy/pp7/bTypp7orc.gif
https://www.surfnetkids.com/puzzles/images/toys_car-1-30.pdf
http://bestcoloringpages.com/connect-the-dots-snail-on-the-mushroom-from-1-to-30_1d2001.html
Science - Melting Ice
What makes ice melt faster, sand or salt? Hypothesize which bowl of ice with melt fastest and which will take longest. Encourage your young science to think about why one bowl of ice might melt fastest, can they tie it into something they’ve seen in the real world?
Click Here for the full experiment
Move that Body! -
Can you...
Flutter like a butterfly.
Slide like a slug.
Fly like a dragonfly.
Crawl like a caterpillar.
Hop like a grasshopper.
March like an ant.
Scuttle like a beetle.
Wiggle like a worm.
Buzz like a bee.
Spin like a spider.
What else can you do?
Animal movements
Bounce like a bunny.
Swing your elephant trunk.
Roar like a lion.
Laugh like a hyena.
Strut like a chicken.
Stretch like a cat.
Reach up like a giraffe.
Swim like a fish.
Play like a monkey.
