Hi Emily and Alan,
This week was very productive, especially because we had some hot days where we couldn't play outside. We made the best of this heat wave and came up with a variety of activities that were engaging and educational! Earlier in the week, we worked a lot on math activities and challenged our one to one correspondence and problem solving skills. We enjoyed water play early in the week, which is so great to enjoy with good friends and releases lots of energy.
As the days got warmer and we couldn't be outside, we enjoyed plenty of gross motor and science activities indoors. We worked on our core strength on Wednesday during movement class by walking on a balance beam. We also enjoyed going through an obstacle course using tunnels, balance beams and hopping. We really enjoyed playing a game of bean bag toss! It was so tricky to get the bags into the holes but we worked hard.
We made marshmallow playdough that was really fun to mold and squish (and even taste!) using marshmallows, corn starch, coconut oil and food coloring. We had a great time helping mix and form the dough. We also did some ice melting experiments: first, we guessed what would happen to a bucket of ice that was left out in the hot sun. We also explored animals and dinosaurs that were frozen in a block of ice. We chipped away and used warm water to melt the ice and free the animals.
Cooking class was awesome this week! We made tuna salad sandwiches and, surprisingly, many of us loved it! We mixed up tuna with mayonnaise and cucumbers and then spread it on a slice of bread - yum!
We also enjoyed show and tell this week and it was so fun to share our special toys from home.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Children's Creative Center
