🧊 ICE/REVERSIBLE CHANGE 🧊
Ice, ice, baby! Last week, the Quarter Notes found ice outside by the playground slide. Because the children had such an interest in it, we made some quick emergent curriculum to satisfy their curiosity.
* 3 to 4 Tablespoons of Borax (we used 6 to 7).
* 1 cup water (we used 2 cups).
* Stir water until mixed.
* Let sit until crystals form (overnight).
*Dry snowflakes on a paper towel.
❄ THE BORAX CRYSTAL SNOWFLAKES ❄
We learned the big vocabulary word, reversible change. It's a pretty easy concept for the children to pick up on. We froze the water, let it melt, then froze it again! Paint water was frozen in Dixie cups with popsicle stick handles. We wondered how long it would take for the water to freeze and the ice to melt. A chart was made to record everyone's answers. Olaf from Frozen helped us out too. ☃️ The frozen paint was ready to use on Wednesday.
Water, alphabet magnets, and toys were frozen over the weekend so we could use the Tool Bench tools to bang, crack, and saw the ice. First, we recognized the letters, then made the connection that they started with the first letter of the toys. (F=frog, etc.).
The book, Ten Sparkly Snowflakes, was read during circle time. We use our fingers to count down from ten to one.
The Adventure Bus came on Wednesday morning. The class had fun balancing, swinging, and going down a slide. 🚌 It was great for gross motor skills.
🧊 MANDARIN: Seasons and emotions. Singing songs in Mandarin.
🧊 MUSIC: Drumming, jingle bells (forte and piano) and jingle bells freeze dance.
🧊 SPORTS: Rainbow strings and throwing a ball.
❄ Have a cool weekend ❄
Alison Dressler Dana Mathews
Look at this pumpkin vine from our October pumpkin lesson! 🎃
The last candle was put into the classroom Menorah on Monday.
Carefully stiring our water and Borax to make crystal snowflakes. ❄
"This is so fun!" - Shawn
The Quarter Notes' crystal snowflakes.
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Seasons
Dancing and singing in Mandarin class.
Learning emotion vocabulary words in Mandarin.
Aashvi guessed which dog was mad.
The weather felt like spring on Monday.
Practicing our cutting and drawing skills.
Ms. Dressler's son, James, was named by his XC coach as one of the Dual Valley Conference All Stars. 🤩💙🤍 YAY!
https://www.telegram.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/12/06/dual-valley-conference-fall-all-stars-announced/8816189002/
Look at these beautiful crystal snowflakes!
Filling cups with paint before we freeze them.
Stiring the paint and water mixture with a popsicle stick.
Making educated guesses. How long would it take the paint water to freeze? (Chart below)
Ready for the freezer!
Practicing writing numbers/using number rhymes.
We use number rhymes to help us remember how to write numbers. But everyone is just learning, so starting to write purposeful markings works too! 😊
Quarter Note crystal snowflakes. ❄
Frozen water.
Freeze dancing with jingle bells. 🔔
Drumming in Music class.
Safety first!
Dalia decided to use the measuring tape to measure her friends.
Celeste used the pliers to pick up a bolt.
The ice has finally started to melt!
The ice took over six hours to melt!
Painting with ice paint. 🎨
Waiting SO patiently for the Adventure Bus.
Having fun with puzzles. 😊
Having fun in the first snowfall.
Do you want to build a snowman? ⛄
There wasn't snow this time....so we built a snowman out of paper instead.
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