August 12th- Spiders
We read "The Very Busy Spider" by Eric Carle in Circle Time. The children enjoyed looking at the colourful illustrations and guessing what the spider was going to do. Afterwards, we went outside to go on a spider hunt. We brought our magnifying classes outside with us to help get a better look at those creepy crawlers! We spotted one on his web, and the children took turns inspecting it with their magnifying glasses. Then, we took a poll during snacktime to see how liked spiders. Turns out, everyone likes spiders except for me! We learned that spiders have 8 legs, and they use their webs to catch insects to eat. We used our handprints to make our very own spiders! The children had a lot of fun gluing googly eyes on them afterwards, since spiders have lots of eyes! While we waited for mums, we played with play-doh and a mix of open ended objects. The children had a blast using the objects to create a very unique creation!
August 19th-Dragonflies
We watched a Youtube video about dragonflies, and learned that they eat pesky insects like mosquitos! We learned about their different body parts, and that they have 6 legs and 4 wings. Afterwards, we went outside to look for dragonflies. We used the butterfly nets to catch them, but they were just too fast!! We saw lots outside, but unfortunately weren't able to catch any to examine with our magnifying glasses. We used popsicle sticks to make a dragonfly magnet. The children had a lot of fun adding glitter to their dragonflies, the table (and the sink) was pretty messy when we were done! The children enjoyed the play-doh activity so much from last day, that they requested to do it again!
August 26th-The Science Centre!
As our Summer Program windup, we went to the Science Centre. The children had a ton of fun checking out all the exhibits. We were able to watch a static electricity show, and they kids were able to pet a gecko! The children all got to be volunteers for the static electricity show, and thought it was pretty funny to watch their hair go all silly from the static.
