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

I was right to be excited about the letter W.  My Dragons had a blast finishing up our activities.  There were many things we did not complete because of the reasons in my last post.  We did some preschool during the weekend but not enough to get everything in. I decided to go only 1 week on this letter and plan to keep up on that.  I am just late in posting. To see the full lesson plan and the activities I missed visit motherhoodonadime . Bible Theme play for our bible story this week was making a pretend whale and acting out the story.  My Dragons loved this.  Like loved it.  We had it up for 4 days!  I think it really helped them remember the story of Jonah and the Whale. There were also small story pieces available for play.  This didn't hold the attention as long as the bigger whale.  Doll Dragon wanted to make a some of her own small pieces, which I had planned on doing, but I sent the W folder with her to her moms....

Science with water...what else would you do then solid, liquid, and gas? I love science and love when we have the time to do it.  I know science encompasses more then experiments but they are the most fun for preschoolers. I gathered the materials. Ice cubes water boiling water (or water that I had just boiled) extra container Before we started I asked the kids what is water?  (We had briefly talked about this during an above project.)   They know that ice is frozen water, swimming pools, drinking water, and rain. The new think here was steam.  Evaporated water.  I had no lesson plan telling me how to conduct this and my science loving fiance was not available to lead this one.  (Not that I am complaining) I first let the kids examine the ice and the water.  I wanted to leave the lid on the pan until I was ready to go into more detail about the steam.  When their focus was on it because I knew it wouldn't last as long....

I do have to say I am excited about week 12-letter W.  There are so many things you can do with water!  Crafts, science, and sensory! It is already Wednesday and we have only achieved 1 day of preschool due to the weather.  Because school was canceled Doll Dragon went to her moms to spend time with her sister and I had a Visiting Dragon.  I decided to allow Little Dragon and Visiting Dragon play for the day to give them a snow day. Then we had another snow day.  Regardless, I had full intentions of doing preschool today but Little Dragon did not show up until lunch time.  This put a big hold on our schedule. Because of the above reasons I am posting about 1 day of lessons and a day activity that we did today. Bible Our story this week is Jonah and the Whale-perfect for water! I love this story and the lessons it teaches. We talked about obedience and trust after the story.  Also God's forgiveness. Bible Verse:  Our God is slow to ange...