Smart Apples

It was a short week, but it was busy! We continue to learn about air transportation. This week we discussed the part of the airplane and we learned that the engine and air help airplanes to stay in the air. At science table we played with a parachute., When a parachute falls down, air resists its movement causing the parachute to fall slowly. We added blocks to our parachute, and we notice that the fall was more quickly. We learned that the downward force that is pulling the parachute down is called gravity. Also, we played with paper airplanes. The children made it fly and we used measuring tape to measure the distance that their airplane flew. We had so much fun at science. At science the children continued pretending to go through security and take turns to be pilots. At art center, the children drew pictures, played with playdough and stamp letters and practice their fine motor skills by using scissors. At math, we use cubes to measure airplanes, played with potato head an...

This week, we learned about the airport and airplanes. We transformed our dramatic play into an airport. The children pretended to go through security, put their baggage on the airplane and flew an airplane. The children wrote their names in their pretend passport and stamped it. At art table, the children used markers to make their airplane presentation, used geometric shapes to make helicopters and they used wood sticks and tape to make airplanes. At sensory table, the children played with water beads and a variety of plastic airplanes. At science, we added a globe and iPad. The children can explore the world by scanning a start on the globe. They can learn about animals, cultures, architecture and traditional food. At blocks, the children built a runway and airports. At math the children sort by size, played with magnet numbers and number floor puzzles. At literacy, the children are learning about alliteration (word with the same sound or letters). The children sorted pictures by so...