W is for Worm

Today we ate dirt and worms.

Before we did that, we talked about worms and how they help the flowers grow in the spring and read a book about worms. We listened to the middle part of the Inchworm song from Sesame Street and moved around like worms.


Then we ate dirt and worms.

Here's You Need:
(I know you didn't really think we ate dirt and worms. : )

• Instant Chocolate Pudding
• Milk
• Oreos or other chocolate cookies
• Sandwich bags that seal
• Gummy worms

Here's What We Did:

1. We made some mud. (Chocolate pudding)
2. We smashed some dirt. (Oreo cookies)
3. We put some mud in a cup and poured the dirt on top of it.
4. We added worms.

Happy Easter!

As part of our Easter party, we made Easter bunny masks. After we made our masks can you guess what we did? We learned the bunny hop! (At least a simplified version.)

Here's What You Need:

• Two white paper plates
• Pink markers
  
• Scissors
• Stapler
• Hole Punch
• Elastic or yarn

Here's What You Do:

1. Cut the two plates in half. You will need 3 of the 4 halves.
   
2. Color the inside of two of the halves pink.
3. Cut a nose "hole" and two eye holes in one of the other halves and punch two holes on the sides of the plate. It is good to position the holes on the lower half of the plate, but not too close to the bottom.
4. Draw on a nose and whiskers.
5. Staple on ears.
   
6. If using elastic, tie a strip through both holes to wear around the head. If using yarn, cut two lengths and tie one in each hole. When the child wears the mask you can tie the two pieces of yarn in a bow behind their head.
   

Magic X Paintings

We made magic paintings this week. The kids painted the whole page of a paper with some tape on it and after it dried we took off the tape to reveal a magic picture . . . the letter X!

Here's What You Need:

• Paper (We used construction paper)
  
• Painters tape cut in 12 inch strips or vinyl cut into 1 1/2 X 12 strips (If using computer paper, you will want to make the strips shorter.)
  
• Paint & brushes

Here's What You Do;

1. Make an X on the paper with the vinyl or painters tape.
2. Have the kids paint the whole page and let dry.
3. Take off the tape to reveal the secret picture.

X Marks the Spot!

Pirates left treasure and a treasure map at preschool this week. They left letter X's along the trail to a treasure chest with treats and jewelery in it. The kids followed the map and found the x's along the trail until they found the treasure chest.

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.