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The past month, the children learn about dental health and healthy food. This week, we start our study on the human body. We learned that under our skin, we have a skeleton system that help us to hold up and protect our organs. Also, we learned about body parts. At science table, the children played with puzzle skeleton and use a baby doll to identify body parts. At art table, they drew picture of a person and practice their fine motor skills by cutting body parts. At table game, the children take turn and played operation. At dramatic play, we setup a doctor’s office. The children pretended to be doctors and nurses. They checked temperature and heart beats of their patients. It was fun to see the children connect information about their experience of going to the doctor and imitate these actions. It was a fun week!    El mes pasado, los niños aprenden sobre salud dental y alimentación saludable. Esta semana, comenzamos nuestro estudio sobre el cuerpo humano. Aprendimos que de...

This week we continue our study on winter. At art center, the children created the representation of winter trees and made snowmen by the number of letters in their name and they added amazing details. Also, they painted with white paint, we pretended to paint with snow. At the sensory table, we added instant snow, it was a simple experiment. We added water to the instant snow. We learned that instant snow is actually derived from the super absorbent polymer found in baby diapers. When water comes in contact with the polymer, it moves from outside the polymer to the inside and causes it to swell. The children played with our magic snow and measuring cups. At science table, the children used marshmallows and toothpicks to make a tower and they learned that snowflakes are different shapes, but the initial shape of the snowflake is a hexagon and crystal attached to this shape to create amazing beautiful snowflakes. At the literacy table, the children spelled a variety of winter words and ...