Winter/ El invierno

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We continued our study on winter. We learned that snowflakes have many shapes, but the initial shape is a hexagon, and snowflakes change many times when traveling from the sky to the ground. All snowflakes are different. At science center, the children experimented with ice, colored water and salt. We learned that salt makes it harder for the water molecules to bond together in their rigid structure. In water, salt is a solute, and it will break into its elements. That is the reason N.C Department of Transportation uses a mix of salt and sand to treat the road when it snows or ice. The children made prediction how long it will take to melt our snowman. It was fun to see it melt. The children observed snowflakes and found the matches and the children used marshmallows and toothpicks to make snowflakes and the children explored marshmallows by classifying them by size, how many marshmallows fit on a toothpick, taste and sink or float! It was a week full of science exploration.  At manipulative centers, the children continued patterns first with snap cubes and then with stickers. Also, they used pattern blocks to make snowflakes patterns and penguin patterns. At literacy, the children sorted tittles letters by letters in snowflakes, spell winter related words, played with snap letters and they matched letters with pictures. At sensory area, they played with plastic ice cubes and shaving cream. They stacked ice cubes! At art table, the children made snowmen, snowflakes and cut out mittens and decorated them. At blocks area, the children continued building with white blocks. We also added to the library prompt from the book “The Mitten” and the children use to retell the story. It was a busy week but full of learning! 

 

Continuamos nuestro estudio sobre el invierno. Aprendimos que los copos de nieve tienen muchas formas, pero la forma inicial es un hexágono y los copos de nieve cambian muchas veces cuando viajan del cielo a la tierra. Todos los copos de nieve son diferentes. En el centro de ciencias, los niños experimentaron con hielo, agua coloreada y sal. Aprendimos que la sal dificulta que las moléculas de agua se unan en su estructura rígida. En el agua, la sal es un soluto y se descompondrá en sus elementos. Esa es la razón por la que el Departamento de Transporte de Carolina del Norte utiliza una mezcla de sal y arena para tratar la carretera cuando nieva o se congela. Los niños predijeron cuánto tiempo tardaría en derretirse nuestro muñeco de nieve. Fue divertido verlo derretirse. Los niños observaron los copos de nieve y encontraron las cerillas y los niños usaron malvaviscos y palillos de dientes para hacer copos de nieve y los niños exploraron los malvaviscos clasificándolos por tamaño, ¡cuántos malvaviscos caben en un palillo, prueban y se hunden o flotan! Fue una semana llena de exploración científica.  En los centros de manipulación, los niños continuaron los patrones primero con cubos rápidos y luego con pegatinas. Además, usaron bloques de patrones para hacer patrones de copos de nieve y patrones de pingüinos. En la alfabetización, los niños clasificaron los títulos letra por letra en los copos de nieve, deletrearon palabras relacionadas con el invierno, jugaron con letras rápidas y relacionaron letras con imágenes. En el área sensorial jugaron con cubitos de hielo de plástico y crema de afeitar. ¡Apilaron cubitos de hielo! En la mesa de arte, los niños hicieron muñecos de nieve, copos de nieve, cortaron manoplas y los decoraron. En el área de bloques, los niños continuaron construyendo con bloques blancos. También agregamos a la biblioteca un mensaje del libro “The Mitten” y los niños lo usan para volver a contar la historia. ¡Fue una semana ocupada pero llena de aprendizaje!



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