Did you know our Earth is made up of land, air, and water and that a globe is a model of our Earth?

We worked with the sandpaper globe and reviewed some of the facts we have learned about our Earth. We reviewed the correct name for the “land” on our Earth is continents and the “water” is oceans.

We are discussing the Earth and the ways we can help it. We will be reading books that have information on what we can do to the help our Earth. Earth Day is this Friday and the children are excited to discover how they can help our Earth.

Welcome back! We are glad to see everyone safe and dry.

The children were very excited to be back and play with their friends. The children were very eager to report on all the things they had seen on television about the weather and high water. We have lots of budding news reporters in our class.

Soccer shots was cancelled today, classes will resume next Tuesday.

FLUBBER

Mixture 1:

~ 1 1/2 cups very warm water

~ 2 cups Elmer’s glue

~ Food coloring

Combine in a small to medium bowl and stir with a clean spoon.

Mixture 2:

~ 3 teaspoons Borax (you can buy it on Amazon or at the grocery store)

~ 1 cup very warm water

Combine in a large bowl, stir until dissolved (or almost dissolved) with a clean spoon.

Pour mixture 1 into mixture 2. Because of the science behind this recipe, the borax combines with the PVA in the glue and makes a polymer. You could do nothing at this point and it would turn to flubber after a while. But what fun would that be? Your kids will want to stick their hands in immediately and start mixing. It will take about 10 minutes, but eventually all of the water will be absorbed, and you will have flubber!

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We have had a fun filled week celebrating the children. Here’s a fun look back

Making our own sundaes

Bubbles

Bingo

Purple Art

Flubber

Our day was filled with lots of fun.

The fun started with an obstacle course that Coach Vincent brought in for us. The children crawled through tunnels, ande balanced across geometric shapes.

The children worked on a purple silhouette art project. Take a look at their art work on our doors.

Our fun continued this afternoon with the adventure that awaited us in Arts Alive class!