1st Day Back - Germs and Fire Safety

Hello!  Welcome to Preschool 2017-18!

Paint Chalk! - So fun! Found these on clearance at Michel's.  Wahoo!  Lots of fun and vibrant colors.

Look!  A baby rolley-polley!

Journal Time - Today we drew a self portrait....

 

 

 

Science - Germs! - We had a sneeze fest (with squirt bottles)...  We chatted about germs in our bodies and how when we are sick we don't want to share them.  When we cough and sneeze we need to cover it with our arm or down our shirt.  So of course the kiddos wanted to "sneeze" on themselves with the squirt bottle too!

Science - Glitter Germs - Next we lotion-ed up our hands and I sprinkled an ample supply of "germs" on them.  Then I set them loose to touch things in the preschool...... yes, we have glitter everywhere now.  Ha!

On tables ...

 ... walls, toys ...

 ... Ms. Sara!

Washing - Germs (like glitter) take a bit to wash off.  Soap, rubbing our hands together and probably some singing.

Fuzzy Germs - We decided to make ourselves a germ pet.  Ha!  

It was a bit tricky cutting, but we got it.
We didn't bother with googly eyes, although that would have been cute too!

Backyard - Wahoo!

This kiddo was so very excited about this rock he dug up...

Fire Safety - Woah!  There was "fire" (shaving cream) on our toy house!  We squirted and squirted to put it out....

 

Then it spread to other toys!  Oh dear!

 

I saw this great idea on this blog:  Here!

Fire Drill - The first drill of the school year.  We chatted about procedure:  when we hear the alarm, quickly line up.  Then we go together up the stairs, out the front door and meet by the big tree.  Then we'll call 911.

Window Fire Drill - Always the favorite!  We talked about the need for having more than one escape route.  And of course we practiced that one too!  Out the window and meet at the big tree!

Mini Fires - Ha!  I love these!  We created a mini fire today with sticks and pipe cleaners.

I got the great idea for these from this blog:  Here!

S'Mores - Once we created our fires, Estelle had the lovely idea of making s'mores!  She said, if we had a fire, we should have s'mores.  Ha!  I couldn't argue with that logic!  So we "roasted" s'mores.

Science - Fire - We talked about what a fire needs to grow (fuel and air) and then how we can put out a fire (water, take away the air, blow it out)...  Then we tried it!

We took away its air by putting a cup over it, we squirted it with water and then we blew it out.

See this blog: Here  for more information.

S'mores Again - These smart kids presented the same argument ... We had a few toasted marshmallows, mostly they were warmed by the candle light, then consumed.