Our Trip To The Farm

May 30, 2015admin

Hi everyone, so last weekend we went to Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead. This is one of our favorite places to go in the spring and summer because the girls get to interact with the animals. Â So the first thing the girls like to is check out the chicken coup then head to the barn to see the new baby farm animals. On the way to the barn we saw tad poles in the pond.

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Then we explored the replica Kenza Indian Village Â and got to crush corn.

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As we move down the trail we went to visit the baby goats and then went on a pony ride.

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Are next stop was to visit the garden. Â The girls saw snow peas, lettuce, potatoes, mixed greens, carrots, and so on.Â After that, we went to see the rabbit that’s hiding under the rock then off to the Koi pond.

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Once we left the Koi pond the girls fed the chickens and pet a sheep. Then played at the playground and explored a log cabin. This was a great way to end Growing Garden.

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Potato and Peas

May 29, 2015admin

May 25-29, 2015Â Mother Goose Time

Hi everyone, on Tuesday the girls learned about potatoes. They learned and looked at pictures of different types of potatoes such as the red, white, yam, and purple potatoes. The girls also learned the different ways potatoes are cooked.Â Then they did the “Potato Roots Experiment.”

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Wednesday, the girls learned about peas Â and made a “Stone Soup Collage” and they really enjoyed creating it.

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Later on the girls worked on word puzzles. Filling in the missing letters they have the option of using upper and lower case letters.

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Bee, Toad and Carrot

May 23, 2015admin

May 20-22, 2015Â 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. Â 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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Dramatic Play-Produce

May 16, 2015admin

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 Â 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.

Leaves and Flowers

May 15, 2015admin

May 11-12 ,2015 Â 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. Â We checked on the leaf a couple of days later and there wasn’t too much water in the bag.

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.

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

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Worm, Sprout and Stem

May 9, 2015admin

May 7-8, 2015 Mother Goose Time

Hi everyone, I combineÂ Thursday and Friday’s lessons. Â 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.

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

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.

Growing Gardens- Soil

May 2, 2015admin

May 1, 2015 www.mothergoosetime.com

Hi everyone, today the girls learned about soil. They talked about how soft and moist the soil is and how it nourishes plants. When it was time for them to pour the seeds in they said they felt soft. The girls poured the soil in the container. Then added the seeds and poured in the water, well a little too much water but we love getting messy 🙂 .

Our Visit to Kansas City Sea Life Aquarium

April 29, 2015admin

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Shipwreck And Fishing Boat

April 25, 2015admin

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.

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.”