Smart Apples

We can’t believe this is our last week of this year! Our week was full of science and experimenting with materials. This week we learned how baking soda help cookies, cake and bread to taste better. Bakers called it a leaving because the gas that produce is contain with an acid that helps cookies to form the tiny holes inside the cookies and bread. The children experimented with baking soda and vinegar. Also, the children made structures with gumdrops and toothpicks. At art table, the children listen to directions on how to draw a gingerbread man and play with playdough and cookies cutters. We discuss how we can help the gingerbread man to cross the river. The children brainstormed and bridges, boats and helicopters were our top 3 solutions. The children created bridges in different centers and experimented with Legos, blocks, cups and tables. They created amazing bridges. We finished our week with our annual pajama day and decorating cookies.    We want to wish all our famili...

This week was about the bakery and the gingerbread man. We began our study on bakery by talking about what kind of things we find in the bakery. We talked about cookies, cakes, bread and muffins. We transformed our dramatic play into a bakery. The children pretended to bake cookies and cakes and use mixers and crack eggs. At the science table, we use a cut out of a gingerbread man to measure height and compare with the children’s height. We tasted gingerbread cookies and created a graph by the most eaten part of the cookie. Also, we use marshmallow and rulers to measure the width and the height of the gingerbread man. Also, we observe what happens to gingerbread cookies when we put then in water and milk. The children observe the water change color and the gingerbread cookies “dissolve” (break a part) and the gingerbread man in the milk took longer to dissolve. At manipulative table, we practice counting by rolling the dice and drawing lines in candy cane. We also count 1;1 gingerbread...