Xx Week

Welcome to our week with the letter Xx.  It should be interesting!

Hot Glued X-Ray - During free play each kiddo had the opportunity to use my low-temperature glue gun to create an x-ray of their hand.  First we traced their hand, then we looked at pictures of x-rayed hands and discovered all the many bones!  Ms. Sara drew lines for the bones, then (if they wanted to) they got to wield the glue gun.  They did great!  And the x-rays turned out fabulous!  We also compared the x-rays to the bones we could feel in our hands.

I tweaked this idea a bit from this blog:  Here!

 

X-Ray Hands - Youngsters - For these kiddos I didn't want to do hot glue, but I still wanted them to have the experience.  So we did the same accept they drew their bones with pastels.

X-Ray Fish - Tetras - The kiddos marveled at this beautiful fish that is see-through!  Especially after looking at our hand bones.

Phase 1:  I cut fish skeletons from cardstock.  The kiddos squirted some Elmer's glue into a baggie, I added a dash of food coloring and the kiddos mixed it.  Then we eased the skeleton in to dry. 

 Drying....

Phase 2:


I saw this idea on this blog:  Here!

X-Ray Fish - Youngsters - We created our own x-ray fish.  Sadly we ran out of time to add eyes and skin. Ha!

X-Ray Fish - Toddlers - Variation on the theme.

X-Ray Hands - Toddlers - The kiddos let me paint their hand to create the "bones" of their x-ray, then we traced around it.  Simple and cute.


Snow Cave - Wahoo!  Mr. Adam decided to build us a mini snow cave, that way we could enjoy the mound of snow while we wait for the next storm.

Treasure Hunting - Today was all about X marks the spot! 
 
Treasure Box - After the kiddos finished the learning station, I had them paint their treasure box.  I used Dial soapboxes for this.  I purposely buy this soap for my family because they come in these fabulous boxes that can be used for so many things!

We needed it to dry before we could do our treasure hunt, so we enlisted the help of a fan.

Maps - The kiddos each got a map of the classroom and a map of the world.  They looked them over and prepped them for the next treasure hunt.
X does mark the spot!  The kiddos made a big X to place where their treasure was hidden.

Let The Hunt Begin - The kiddos at first hid their own treasure box, then they hid each others.  Once the box was hidden, they stamped an X on the map.

Class Treasure Hunt - Back by request.  I hid the class treasure box with a treat inside, stamped an X on the class map and let them find it.  We did this a few times....