Apple/Las manzanas

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This week everything was about apples. We learned that September and October are peak apple season. We started our week by tasting some red, yellow and green apples. We found out that the favorite was red and that we have some friends that don’t like apples. At art center, the children observed apples and painted their representation, stamped apples, made a suncatcher with a form of an apple and ripped paper to make their favorite apple. At dramatic center, the children pretended to pick apples and bake apple pies. At the sensory table, the children used thongs to pretend to catch apples, some children sorted them by color. At writing table, the children matched uppercase letters and lowercase letters. At math center, the children learned about patterns, drew pictures of small and large apples and used pattern blocks to make an apple. At science center, the children tasted apples and created a graph and used the balance to see what is heavier or lighter than an apple. Also, we found out that apples can float. Apples can float because 25% of their volume is air. If an item is denser than water it will sink, if it is less dense it will float. Apples are less dense than water, so they float! At literacy, we continued working on our fine motor journal by using star stickers and connecting them with lines. It was a busy week; we will continue to learn about apples next week!

 

Esta semana todo fue sobre manzanas. Aprendimos que septiembre y octubre son la temporada alta de manzanas. Comenzamos nuestra semana probando algunas manzanas rojas, amarillas y verdes. Descubrimos que la favorita era la roja y que tenemos algunos amigos a los que no les gustan las manzanas. En el centro de arte, los niños observaron manzanas y pintaron su representación, estamparon manzanas, hicieron un atrapa soles con forma de manzana y rasgaron papel para hacer su manzana favorita. En el centro dramático, los niños simularon que recogían manzanas y horneaban pasteles de manzana. En la mesa sensorial, los niños usaron tangas para simular atrapar manzanas, algunos niños las clasificaron por color. En el escritorio, los niños unieron letras mayúsculas y minúsculas. En el centro de matemáticas, los niños aprendieron sobre patrones, hicieron dibujos de manzanas grandes y pequeñas y usaron bloques de patrones para hacer una manzana. En el centro de ciencias, los niños probaron manzanas, crearon un gráfico y usaron la balanza para ver qué es más pesado o liviano que una manzana. Además, descubrimos que las manzanas pueden flotar. Las manzanas pueden flotar porque el 25% de su volumen es aire. Si un objeto es más denso que el agua se hundirá, si es menos denso flotará. Las manzanas son menos densas que el agua, ¡por eso flotan! En alfabetización, continuamos trabajando en nuestro diario de motricidad fina usando pegatinas de estrellas y conectándolas con líneas. Fue una semana ocupada; ¡Seguiremos aprendiendo sobre las manzanas la próxima semana!


 


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