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Bee, Toad and Carrot

May 20-22, 2015 Mother Goose Time

On Wednesday, the girls learned about the buzzy bee. We looked at pictures of the and watched a small video of bees working in the hive.  The girls really had fun creating bee hives with the hexagon blocks.

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Then they did “Pollinate the Poppies.” A project were they made a poppy flower and used cornmeal as pollen.

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Thursday the girls learned about toads and the difference between the toad and frog. They also created a pet toad.

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Friday, we discuss where carrots grow and the different colors of carrots. During arts and crafts the girls did Carrot Sewing, they decorated and sewed the carrots. Then put together the carrot puzzle.

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Crow and Rabbits

May 18-19, 2015 Mother Goose Time

Hi everyone, on Monday we talked about crows. The girls learned that crows eat a variety of foods such as fruits, vegetables, insects, snails, eggs, rabbits, toads,  mice and snakes. Then they played a game called “Feed The Crow.”

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After awhile the girls “Build a Scarecrow.” They really enjoyed mixing and matching the game pieces.

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Tuesday we discussed rabbits. we talked about different types of rabbits and how they move by either hopping, running, and jumping. Then created a rabbit mask.

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Dramatic Play-Produce

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Hello everyone, this week I turned dramatic play into a little market. I displayed the fruits and vegetables for the girls. Then we went outside and grabbed some leaves to use for money.

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The girls really enjoyed this change in dramatic play. Things they enjoyed about The Little Market was exchanging leaves for fruits and vegetables to fill up the grocery cart and taking turns being the storekeeper.

During arts and crafts the girls made “My Little Garden.” They cut  out vegetables and fruit shapes and added pictures of produce from the paper.

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At the end of the day the girls played the game “Rabbit Relay.” They scattered the produce cards on the table and pretended the rabbits were invading the garden.

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Leaves and Flowers

May 11-12 ,2015  Mother Goose Time

Hello everyone, on Monday the girls learned about leaves. We went outside and looked a several different types of leaves on the trees. Then we did the Living Leaf Science Project. I put a bag over one leaf to see how much water we would collect off of it.  We checked on the leaf a couple of days later and there wasn’t too much water in the bag.
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During arts and crafts time, I discussed the parts of a plant and they created plant diagram with the provided materials. We also went over the parts of the plant during the project. For math they connected the dots and for literacy the girls drew a picture of what critters they would see in the garden and wrote a small story.

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Tuesday we discussed flowers. They learned the parts of the flower and the insects and animals that need the flowers. During arts and crafts the girls created colorful flowers.

 

 

 

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The girls also designed flowers with the shape mats using the pattern blocks.

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Worm, Sprout and Stem

May 7-8, 2015 Mother Goose Time

Hi everyone, I combine  Thursday and Friday’s lessons.  The girls learned about worms. We learned that worms surface above ground when it rains to get oxygen. They also got to play with a rubber worm provided by MGT. Then played Under The Dirt Matching game.

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The girls made a worm out of play-doh and painted a worm picture.

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Later on that day, we cut off the provided ruler to measure to plants outside. The girls found a flower that measured at 2 inches and a dandelion that measured at 10 inches.

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Seed, Sun and Water

May 4-6, 2015 www.mothergoosetime.com

Hey everyone, today the girls learned about seeds. I showed them two different type of flower seeds and let them touch them.

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Then they create flowers and grass with the blocks.

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On Tuesday, the girls learned about Sun and Water. We discussed parts of the plant and how the sun and water help plants grow. We explored the yard looking for plants that grow in the shade and sun.

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Our Visit to Kansas City Sea Life Aquarium

April 26, 2015 www.mothergoosetime.com

Hi everyone, over the weekend we went to Kansas City Sea Life Aquarium. It was their second time going but this time they were looking forward to seeing the small and large sea creatures they learned about over the month. When you first walk in you see a really cool tank with a school of fish.

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Are next stop was to the touch tank. The girls were able to touch sea stars, urchins, horseshoe crabs, which was exciting.

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As we continued our journey through the aquarium we saw large and small sting rays, sharks, eels, big and small fish.

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I did a small scavenger hunt and had the girls look for more sea creatures that we learned about and they found the octopus, sea turtle, jelly fish and sea horses. The sea turtle is a rescued turtle. It was found in a fishing net which cut the circulation off to its front flipper,so it to had its flipper amputated.

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There is also a Octonauts exhibit for the kids to explore in and fish tanks for the kids go into. If you ever visit Kansas City, Mo stop in at Kansas City Sea Life. I hope you enjoyed this post.

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Shipwreck And Fishing Boat

April 23 and 24, 2015 mother goose time

Hi everyone, Thursday the girls learned about shipwrecks and the things such as treasure can be found on them.Then we looked at pictures of sunken ships. They also played Sunken Ship Hideaway game.

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On Friday, we talked about fishing boats and how fisherman start early in the morning to catch fish. We watched a short video showing fisherman catching fish and the tools we would need to catch them. Then we played “Catching Letter Sounds.”

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