V is for Volcano

Making the mountain.

Added the baking soda.

Waiting . . .

Explosion!

V is for Veggies

Letter V week is my favorite week of the year! Yes, we make volcanoes, and that is a lot of fun. But, it's my favorite because we have our vegetable taste testing day and I love watching the kiddoes eat veggies! Am I weird for saying that?

Each year we read the book Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens then we have a vegetable taste testing party. Here are the veggies - cucumber, cauliflower, broccoli, celery, carrots, and snap peas. (I peel the cucumber and par boil the broccoli and cauliflower.)

 

The kids graph the results of which vegetables the class likes. Each kid tries one bite, then decides if they like it. I was so proud because even my really picky eaters were willing to try a small bite of each. I know it took a lot of bravery for some of them and they did amazing! 

For my younger class, we made a graph together as a group. 

For my older class, they graphed the information on their own paper. 

It cracks me up because most of the kids will eat the vegetable for me in class and then when they go home, they won't. One of the kids even told his mom that he likes veggies now, but only Miss Laura's. (Big smile.)

V is for Vine

Spring time is when the vines start to grow and vine starts with the letter v so we made vine pictures this week. I love the 3-D aspect of this project.

To go along with the project we learned and acted out a poem about seeds.

Little Brown Seeds

Little brown seeds so small and round,
Are sleeping quietly under ground.
Down come the raindrops
Sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle.
Out comes the rainbow,
Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle.
Little brown seeds way down below,
Up through the earth they grow, grow, grow.
Little green leaves come one by one.
They hold up their heads and look at the sun.

- Author Unknown

Here's What You Need:

• Green crepe paper (streamers)
• Construction paper
• White glue
• Green leaves

Here's What You Do:

1. Cut a long strip of crepe paper. Twist it semi tightly the whole length.
2. Draw a vine like line across the construction paper with the white glue.
3. Press the twisted crepe paper along the line.
4. Repeat steps 1 - 3 until your picture looks the way you want it to.
5. Add leaves.

V is for Violet

Here is a letter V activity that we did in small groups during center time. We talked about how the word violet starts with the letter v and how it can be used for a color or a flower. We started with this paper.

The instructions say: 1. Trace the number. 2. Underline the letter v in the word. 3. Add the correct number of petals to your flower.

The end result looked like this.

V is for Volcano

We talked about volcanoes this week. I made a simple power point to show what a volcano is and what happens when it explodes. We pretended to be volcanoes by exploding as we were singing songs. Then we made volcanoes. You know the drill: playdough, vinegar, baking soda . . . kaboom!

The kids made the mountain for the volcano by shaping playdough around a baby food jar. I put in red vinegar, we added baking soda and . . .