Race for Education and Cookout

Today was our school's Race for Education and family cookout. This is such a fun day for all the children and their families. The children helped raise over $47,000 (so far) for the school and had a blast doing it. We walked/jogged/ran around Marquette Park for an hour and then ate hamburgers or hot dogs. Here are some pictures of our fun filled day.

More fun

Yesterday we measured a Trex foot and them compared it to our feet. We all took our shoes off to see how many pairs of shoes owuld fit into the Trex's foot. We figured it would take 30 or our shoes to fit into the Trex's foot.

Fossils

No dinosaur week can be complete without making fossils. We mixed together flour, salt, and water and pressed dinosaurs into the mixture. Last night I baked them for 30 minutes and can't wait to bring them on Monday for the children to take home.

Fun with the letter Q

We had fun this week coming up with Q words. We thought of two and made Q quails or Q queens. Here are some pictures of them.

Dinosaurs

This week we are talking about dinosaurs. Yesterday we looked at a big book about dinosaurs and talked about how they are extinct. Today our guidance counselor talked to the children about empathy. Below are pictures of our jobs and a dinosaur craft that we completed yesterday.

Number Dig- the children dig for a fossil and write the number and number word.

Dino Letters- at one job the children are matching uppercase and at another job the children are matching lower case letters.

Dino Patterns- the children are making plate patterns on a stegosaurus.

Here is a picture of the hand print dino we finished yesterday.

Last Week

WOW! April has been a very  busy month for the school and in my home life. i haven't been on top of blogging like I should so I apologize.

Last week we talked about water. We discussed how it was good for the Earth and some of the different animals that live in the ocean. We had a blast and made SOOOO many cute things.

Jellyfish Math

Whale Spot Counting

Umbrellas with glue as rain

Fish Adding

Our Door

We water colored umbrellas and wrote what we like to do on a rainy day.

The inside of our umbrella

Our whales and sea horses.

Camp Out

Last Friday we had a camp out. The children brought sleeping bags and flashlights. We "camped" under the stars and had smores.