Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all?

I was supposed to get the results of our gummy worm experiment in on Thursday but got caught up in work. I have been working hard on file folder games. I have 7 completed that I intend to introduce to the kids soon so keep an eye out for those. Gummy Worms In Water Results             Cold Water                                                          Hot Water  The cold water worms expanded.  The hot water worms melted to the bottom of the jar.  The kids didn't really understand even after we turned the jar upside down and saw the worms stuck on the bottom.  We talked about what it means to melt and to absorb water.  I showed them an original gummy worm pointing out the same piece / color of the gummy worm so they could see the change.  The pieces tha...

I am exhausted. We had a long busy day in preschool today.  The kids really enjoyed having something to do constantly and I didn't have bored, whiny baby dragons. :) Before we started any activities I helped the kids clean up the playroom. There has not been a lot of time spent down there recently-because of the mess-plus I want to start setting up dramatic play areas downstairs so it needed to be done. After the playroom was clean, all the toys in the right place, the kids wanted to stay downstairs and play. Of course :D. (My plan worked) This gave me time to make breakfast and set up preschool. I like setting up when the kids are busy so they are not trying to play with things as I set them up.  They tend to get bored easier when that happens. I have been stuck on new station ideas and decided I need to leave the stations out longer so I don't go through them so fast. Stations Shape patterns- I set out a tray with different shapes and colors and gave the k...

I am back to blogging after a brief break.  We had another round of a virus at home but now that everyone, including me, is back on their feet I can find the time to write.  We have been studying the letter G.  The first thing I set up was a  G Sensory/Play Bin Everything inside started with the letter G.  grapes giraffe's  garden tools garden flowers green ice tray's  green truck we called 'garbage truck girl barbies  The kids really enjoyed playing with this bin.  They put the items together to make a garden house and used the garbage truck to get in and out of the garden. I joined in the fun and we played with the bin for over 30 minutes! I set up a number activity as well.   I have had these worksheets for a while and finally found a chance to use them. Some sheets are for matching the letters and numbers on the sheet with the magnets.  Others have missing letters/numbers and you have to fill in ...