Unfortunately, it's that time of year for colds, coughs and fevers but despite our ever changing attendance in Pre First this week, the show must go on! On Monday we got to pay a special visit to Headmistress Maureen Walsh and tell her all about what we've been doing in class so far this year. Each girl got to decide what she wanted to bring to show Mrs. Walsh and we were told that she really enjoyed our visit to mix up her usual morning schedule :)
Since Halloween is right around the corner, we have decided to embrace the craziness and incorporate it into our learning. The girls were given a Pumpkin Math packet, filled with different activities all based around pumpkins. They have been estimating, observing and having fun all at the same time!
On our first day of Pumpkin Math we discussed the differences of the inside of a pumpkin versus the outside and made a list as a class of the characteristics of each.
On our second day of Pumpkin Math we talked about what it means to make an "estimation" and then the girls had to estimate the height and width of our pumpkin and then decide whether it would sink or float in water. Be sure to ask your daughters about the results and whether or not our pumpkin could swim ;)
Then in science we have been learning more about our skeletal system. We read Dem Bones and learned a song about how our bones are connected. After that we reviewed the different facts that we've learned so far about our own bones. Then the girls matched facts with the correct bone. After that, the girls grabbed their skeletons they made last week from their tubs and labeled the major bones of the body.
Since Halloween is right around the corner, we have decided to embrace the craziness and incorporate it into our learning. The girls were given a Pumpkin Math packet, filled with different activities all based around pumpkins. They have been estimating, observing and having fun all at the same time!
On our first day of Pumpkin Math we discussed the differences of the inside of a pumpkin versus the outside and made a list as a class of the characteristics of each.
On our second day of Pumpkin Math we talked about what it means to make an "estimation" and then the girls had to estimate the height and width of our pumpkin and then decide whether it would sink or float in water. Be sure to ask your daughters about the results and whether or not our pumpkin could swim ;)
Then in science we have been learning more about our skeletal system. We read Dem Bones and learned a song about how our bones are connected. After that we reviewed the different facts that we've learned so far about our own bones. Then the girls matched facts with the correct bone. After that, the girls grabbed their skeletons they made last week from their tubs and labeled the major bones of the body.
