A Week With The Big Hungry Bear

This week we are learning with the book:


Cut-able Strawberry - The kiddos enjoyed cutting this strawberry to the story.


Science - Strawberry Investigation - The kiddos learned today that strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.  They also learned that the average strawberry has 200 seeds!  Wow!  We tried to count, but it was a bit crazy. 
The kiddos observed their strawberries closely, then they drew them in their strawberry book.  They also removed a seed to put in their book.

 

Strawberry Smoothies - We raced upstairs to make smoothies.  We enjoyed some today and put some in the freezer to have on Wednesday as a Popsicle.  We used frozen strawberries, strawberry yogurt, and a bit of milk.

 

Sequencing - We added to our strawberry book by sequencing the events in our story.  We drew pictures for the main events.  

This kiddo drew the strawberry being buried (to hide it from the bear) and a trap to keep the bear away.

 This kiddo's drawing of the mouse guarding the strawberry.

Worm! - We found this HUGE worm!  Isn't it great.

Creation Bin - Recycling - Always a source of great fun.  The kiddos pulled out the bin this week and created some wonderful things.  Let's see, on the left was an airplane with comfortable seats (notice the tissue paper shoved in each carton) and on the right we have tri-noculars (binoculars plus a telescope) and a Frisbee.  The clear container became a trash truck of sorts.  Pretty cool stuff, all from the recycle bin.  All you need is a steady supply of duct tape.

 

Number Hunt - The kiddos first had to match the stickered cards with the numbers, then I had them run the numbers, from 1 to 10 and finally, they ran to collect all the numbers and sticks.  It was great to run them around a bit before circle time. 

 
Disguised Strawberry - In our book, the mouse tries to disguise the strawberry so the bear won't find it. 

The toddler class worked on cutting skills (leaves) and enjoyed fingerprinting the seeds.

Frozen Strawberry Smoothies - We made a double batch of our smoothies on Monday, so we could freeze some as popsicles for today!  Yum!

Rolley Polley Sighting! -