Each pumpkin will also have a name, their characteristics and their name will be part of their pumpkin identity! The green pumpkin we explored today is named Gorper thanks to a classroom vote. Stay tuned for more pumpkin updates!
This morning, we used our 5 senses to investigate the first of three very different looking pumpkins. We documented our findings on big chart paper and will later compare each of the pumpkins. Today's pumpkin was so incredibly hard and the top was so incredibly thick that the we had to break it in half, it is back together with yellow duct tape, looks very halloweeny! Each pumpkin will also have a name, their characteristics and their name will be part of their pumpkin identity! The green pumpkin we explored today is named Gorper thanks to a classroom vote. Stay tuned for more pumpkin updates!
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Let me start by saying that these little plants have become part of our family! Every single day, we care for them, make sure they have plenty of water, are positioned accordingly so as to get the most amount of sunlight and admire their growth with patience and excitement!
Yesterday, we transferred them to little pots that sit together in a self watering tray. There were some plants that did not survive so we put them in a bowl to better observe them at our science table. We looked at the roots, the leaves that were forming and the stem and compared plants that were very delicate to the ones that were more sturdy. We were VERY careful when we took them out of the egg cartons and into the new pots! Stay tuned for updates! Today, the kindergarten class planted some 200+ seeds! I chose egg cartons to show the students an example of how we can reuse things and asked them if we could then put the egg cartons straight into the soil once it was time to transfer the seedlings outside. Mixed responses but after some discussion about the material of the egg cartons and referencing our ongoing decomposition experiment, we concluded that we can indeed transfer the seedlings into the soil, egg cartons and all. Just outside our playground are two large planters and once spring rolls around, we will clean them up and plant our veggies. We decided to start early so that we can harvest our food before school is out, hopefully it will all work out! This unit along with our two final units go ever so harmoniously with this activity...ok I planned that! More to come about those later! So we will make sure our seeds are watered three times a day since it will be harder to control the moisture as they are out in the open and a chart on the window will help remind us! We will take as much care as we can of our little soon-to-be garden so we can garner the best results! During lunch, there was some discussion about what we will do with all our veggies once they are ready to be eaten! Salads and stews are on the menu, we shall find out in a few months! Also to note is how great everyone is at helping clean up! Love our little team!
We have learned a lot about colours over the course of the school year; the three primary colours, results of mixing colours, colour vocabulary in French and lots of songs about colours. This week, we will be doing a colour study based on Kandinsky's concentric circles! Last week, we did some colour mixing using food colouring and water. It was exciting to see all the colours blend together to make a whole new colour! Our coloured water was not going down the drain though...off to our playground to freeze over the weekend. Today, the students got build with their coloured ice.
Mixing Magic by Slidely Slideshow
The Rube Goldberg fair is coming up and while we are not participating in the contest we will still be making a very simple machine. Our machine will not exceed 5 steps and I am confident we will be able to accomplish this! This morning, I showed the kids the videos below and once they watched them, they had some pretty fantastic comments that demonstrated a beginning understanding of what a Rube Goldberg machine is. We came up with some ideas of materials we could use and we will start experimenting with some ideas shortly!
Check these videos out at home with your child and discuss the project further. I'll ask everyone about the ideas they discussed with mom and/or dad.
A fantastic morning spent at the Canadian Nature Museum! The first part of the morning was spent in a workshop all about beavers and their habitats. We reinforced some things we already knew about beavers and learned some new things as well. Did you know that a beavers four front teeth have an orangey yellowish colour? Ask your child why that is!
After our workshop, we decided to explore some of the exhibits and displays in the museum, why not?! We had a chance look at the mammal exhibit, which was perfect since we were just talking about mammals! Then, we took a look at some pretty awesome dinosaur displays. A great morning, I'm sure the drive there was fun as well, everything is fun when you're 5 and 6 years old! |
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