Vv Week

Hello! and Welcome to our vivacious Vv week!

Last week I asked the kiddos which letter they would like to do this week.  They came up with many suggestions, but stuck with Vv, because they wanted to do Valentine cookies and volcanoes.  Ha!  That can be arranged!!

Journal Time - Valentines - I dug in the back of the closet to find my Valentine box so we could have Valentines for our journals today.

Mini Valentine Boxes - We decorated our mini boxes and on Wednesday we'll make mini Valentines to go inside! 

These are just Jello and pudding boxes painted white.  I cut a slit in the top for the Valentines to slide into.

Science - Making Valentine Cookies - The kiddos did a wonderful job of making cookie dough.  They wanted to dye it, so we turned it purple.  Ha!

We rolled them out and cut heart cookies of various sizes.

It was really hard not to eat all the cookies, but we want to save them for Wednesday when we'll decorate them!  We did taste one mini cookie each though.  Yum!

Glowing Shirt - A kiddo wore a wonderful glowing Halloween shirt today.  The kiddos squished into the cupboard under the stairs (my Harry Potter closet) to see how it glowed!

Circle Time - Valentines - We made heart hands and then we practiced drawing hearts (a V with a M on top).

Mini Valentines - It's time to make our mini valentines to fit in our mini valentine boxes.  Hope you enjoy all the love notes they created for you!

The kiddos LOVED putting the valentines in and then dumping them out and then putting them back in again ...

Vacuuming - Because, ya know...it starts with Vv and the preschool can always use a bit of vacuuming.

 

Valentine Cookie Frosting - Oh!  The moment we've been waiting for!!!


Push Ups - These guys had finished their art project and were burning off some energy while they waited for their friends to finish so we could go outside.  Ha!

Reading - Toddlers - I LOVE reading with these little guys!

Pocket of Cookies - Toddlers - This kiddo found he had a pocket in his shirt!  He promptly filled it with play cookies.

Visitor - We had a kiddo's sibling visit our class today.  The school age kids had no school today!  She was a great helper.

 

Journal Time - V Volcano! -  The kiddos found a V to turn into a volcano and a little pack of volcano pop rocks to try.  They LOVED the pop rocks, well, most of the kiddos did.

Mini Egg Carton Volcanoes - I simply set out the supplies and the kiddos created.  I love that each island of volcanoes came out different.

 

 

Science - Erupting Volcanoes - This is what we have been waiting for all week long (well, after the valentine cookies).  Of course baking soda and vinegar.  But we also left most of the water in the bottles and added a squirt of dish soap (bubbly) and a squirt of red food coloring and then let the kiddos experiment...

Vv Week

Very big welcome to Vv week! 

Circle Time - Feely Bag - This week I had to be a bit creative.  This is what I came up with:
Vegetable (carrots), Viking (Goofy), Violin, Vine, Valentine (Iron Man), and Van. 

Veterinarian Bags - The kiddos needed some gear to aid them in their work as animal doctors.  First we made a bag.  This kiddo drew herself as a vet and a small cat she is helping. 

It's just a recycled file folder with an added handle and a red cross.

Stethoscope - Pretty fancy!  These turned out super cute and were relatively quick to make.  I got the idea from:  Here .  I just got glued everything.

Felt Band-Aids - Super cute.  Great way to use up all my felt scraps.  Saw this idea:  Here.
Here they are, hard at work....

Snack - Bloody Band-Aids - Yuck, but yum!  Thanks pinterest!

Backyard - We had to get out and run around in this warm weather before it turns cold!  We were also super excited to see how many leaves had fallen in the backyard!  We finally have enough for a pile!

Flying Leaves - It was a bit windy today.  We were picking up leaves and letting them go in the wind.  They really zipped and twirled!

Circle Time - We watched and sang Ms. Sara's favorite:  "Lava" - the short at the beginning of "Inside Out".  While we watched (and sang) we talked about how volcanoes can grow up from the bottom of the ocean, but they can also grow on the land.  Some of the kiddos thought volcanoes were just during the time of dinosaurs.  Nope.



Journal Time - Look at their volcanoes!  So fabulous!

 

Painting Mini Volcanoes - We painted our volcanoes brown with a bit of red (lava) on the top.  We'll add baking soda and vinegar later...

Vegetable Painting - The kiddos enjoyed stamping with various veggies!  We talked about their seeds and how they grow.


Backyard Mini Volcanoes - The kiddos were super excited to see their volcanoes explode!  They didn't quite explode, but they did ooze out nicely.  There is a mini water bottle under the cups.

Journal Time - Valentines - Fortunately I found a friend with a box full of Avengers valentines.  It is surprisingly difficult to track down valentines in November.  The kiddos were super jazzed about these.

Van-Goes - This was Mr. Adam's when he was little.  (I had the fashion plate Barbie one.)  It was perfect for our last day of Vv week.

V for Vacuum! -  Tee hee!  These turned out super cute!  The kiddos wanted a cord for their vacuum, so we taped a piece of yarn on.  They also drew crumbs to vacuum up.  A few of them gave me detailed descriptions of their family vacuum and how theirs was different.  Ha.

 

Vacuuming - Now that we made a vacuum, we needed to try it out.  They did great, I hope you'll put them to work at home! 


Vroom Hoops - Ms. Sara found these hoops in the packaging at Ikea (they were spacers between bowls) and brought them home for vrooming down the stairs.  They roll fabulously!  Down the stairs and with some finesse, across the floor too!


Vroom Car Tube - The younger kiddos loved this set up.