Tag: science
Magical Experiments
This week our Summer Theme was Magic Tricks! We did not know many magic tricks so we incorporated a little bit of Science Experiments. We began our week discussing what Magic is and some common Magic Tricks. We talked in great detail about pulling a rabbit out of a hat. We even made a craft […]
Five Minutes of Funk
What a cool week looking back on music through the ages! We studied the science of music, watched a cool video that took us on a musical journey from 500 BC to 201o. Wow, are we ever glad we’re part of this generation, especially when Ms. Maddy showed us 8 tracks and records and we […]
Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!
This week was our Gardens and Plants Week! We had Science Monday to start off the week and did an experiment called Dancing Worms. We talked about how worms were very important for the plants to grow. We read two books on the process of plant growing. We then planted flower seeds in our outside gardens. […]
Everything Strawberries
This week was al about reviewing our ABCs. We had new flash cards with the letter and a picture. Our toddlers did so great at our Picture and letter association. Since it is strawberry season, we focused on the color red and everything strawberries. We made a Strawberry Handprint Craft and read the book, The Little […]
Catching Zzzzs
This week was all about the letter Z! We learned all about Catching Zzzzs. The toddlers were taught how to make fake snore sounds and fold their hands as if they were sleeping. We learned about Zebras and how they were a horses brother but only black and white. We then expanded our learning on […]
Yellow starts with Y
This week in Toddler Room 1, we discussed the letter Y. We went over words that start with Y such as yellow, yarn, yak, yo-yo, yucky, yummy, and yes. Toddlers were tasked with finding the color Yellow in our classroom. We found blocks and books that had yellow. They did so great with the color […]
Owls
In February, we completed our Owl Curriculum. Between our classroom collection and additions from the library, we read about owls every day for two weeks. We learned how their feathers are serrated to allow them to fly. We observed this when we compared barn owl and barred owl feathers. We talked about how owls […]
Crayon and Marker “Melting”
The best thing about this week was that we got to meld two of our favorite Montessori classroom pursuits… Art and science. First, we decided to replace the snakes that hang from the ceiling of our room. That meant having to come up with a new artwork experiment that would be appropriate for such a […]
