SLIME!!

SLIME!!! 

Polka-Dot Slime: 

Other Concoctions: 

Clean Mud: 

Star Wars Galaxy Slime: 













Jell-O Slime: 

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/56712/concoctions-for-kids-3-ingredients

Nature Connections: February

This is my photo of the month-The snow was almost covering my car! It was a lot of work to dig it out.

Children can keep their February photo with their January photo and eventually use them to make a monthly photo book. (Explained in the January blog) 

Activity: How do animals stay warm in the winter: 

First you can ask children to brainstorm how humans stay warm in the winter and how animals stay warm in the winter. Write down the list.

Here is my list:



You can then do various lessons representing how animals stay warm.

The blubber experiment (Explained in the Blue Whale Blog) is on example



Another example uses a glove to represent hair and plastic wrap under the glove to represent excess fat.


Activity: Shadows

Children will love looking at shadows during this time of year.

One activity that they would have a lot of fun with is creating a shadow with different materials. For examples if you made different shapes with cardboard boxes, it would create a very interesting shadow. They could take a picture of their shadow or make a video of themselves and their shadow. They could also use an app like My Story to create a story about their shadow.

Shadow Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ne6J0aXvfs

The children could write a poem about their shadow or their shadow sculptures

Here is my shadow poem: 

My Shadow

My shadow is so silly

She always copies me

When I run, she runs,

We both sit under the tree

Sometimes she is hiding, 

Nowhere to be seen

But when she comes back out, 

She's as funny as can be. 

Books: 
 

Gorssology

Children can research a gross bodily function and share the information that they learn with the class. The children can present what they learned with a PPT, a video blog, a book, a poster, or any other way that they can think of. 

Insects and Small Animals

Learning About Insects and Small Animals:

Children will see some insects and small animals every time they go outside. They will ask a lot of questions about them and it is very important to help them find the answers. 

Activity: Bring in dead insects and let children explore them with magnifying glasses. Give them time to draw and write about their finding and the opportunity to share their findings.

There are some insects and small animals that are less common for us to see while we are outside, but children will still want to know about them.  

Activity: Using stamps children can make insects

*Children will discover what each insect is which may require a bit of research*

Activity: Bring in parts of animals that were found in the woods and ask the children questions about them. For example, you could start with "What animal do you think this came from?" Allow them to observe the animal parts and think about how that animal lives.

Activity: Bring out small animal figures and ask children about these animals. Help the children research the animals if they have never seen them before. You could have them build a habitat for the animals and talk about what each of the animals might need to survive. 

Books: 

Human Body

Learning About Our Bodies: 

Children at a young age very curious about themselves. They want to know about their body, what it does, and why it does these things.

Activities: 

Organ Apron: Children can explore where different organs are in their body.

*Have the children create their own body with a variety of  art materials-They could work in teams to trace each others bodies and put their organs inside their "body."

Grossology: Research weird bodily functions with the children as they love to learn about the gross things their bodies do. 

Ex: poop, pee, smelly feet, snot, eye gunk, 

They could present the infrormation that they learn in any way (PPT, Vlog, Activity, Poster, etc.) 

Here is a PPT slide with poop facts: 

This is fake snot that children would love to make:

This is a fun song about germs:

*You could do a lesson about germs/hand-washing after watching this video*

Books: 

Books about Poop: