At the end of last year, we read the Dr. Seuss book, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Afterwards, we made our own papier-mâché hot air balloons. What a fun project for the kids!
Gigantic Sunflowers!
All week, we have been reading the big book, The Sunflower Tree by Elizabeth Pulford.
This book is about Mr. Potter who grows a gigantic sunflower tree that grows, grows, GROWS!
STEM: The children were challenged to build the tallest sunflower tree out of play-doh, pipe cleaners and Fruit Loops!
Science: We also fermented our own seeds and grew them in plastic baggies. The children could choose from bean seeds, pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds.
Art: We studied Vincent van Gogh and created our own sunflowers that came to life! We even used actual seeds!
Goodbye Jitters!
A great way to make those first day jitters disappear, is to make and drink Jitter Juice with your class!
My kids loved the book, First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg. BUT, they loved making Jitter Juice even more! We combined punch, Sprite and sorbet to help us to get rid of our first day jitters! The kids were buzzing all day and the following day about how there jitters were gone!
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