Our class has had a busy start of the year. We started the year meeting new friends and saying "hi" to old ones. Chester the raccoon came to visit the class and teach us about our classroom and all the fun stuff we have to play and learn with. He also shared his baby book with us. We learned that baby raccoons need their mother to teach them to hunt for food. We learned that raccoons like to stay awake during the night. They are nocturnal. They like to eat corn, eggs and garbage. We sang a song about raccoons, too.
The next week we discovered colors by being scientist. We have done two experiments. The first one was mixing colors. We mixed blue and yellow together to make green and we mixed red and blue together to make purple. Check out our experiment in the test tubes on the windowsill. We read the book Little Blue Little Yellow by Leo Lionni. This is a story about two friends, one was yellow and one was blue. They were happy to see each other and gave each other a hug and turned green!!! This is a great book to check out of the library and find out what happened next. Our second experiment was to see if crayons sink or float. A great and easy experiment to try at home. Hmmmm.... I wonder which ones will float?
We read two books about crayons. The first book was The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane De Rolf. The second book was How Is A Crayons Made? by Oz Charles.
We are finishing up September by going buggy in our room. Yes, we are talking about those 6 legged, two antenned creatures and some bugs, like worms and spiders. We have been doing a lot of counting of legs to find out if the bugs are insect or not. Remember spiders have 8 legs so they are not considered insects. We are exploring outside to find some bugs to bring inside. We use our magnifying glasses to check them out a little closer. Real worms will be at the science table for us to examine. We will hold them and feel how they wiggle without legs off our hands. Do you know they have eight bristles under each segment to help them move?
Wow, September has been an exciting month!
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