The Colorful Drinks and Noodles Stations
Colorful Drinking Bar Station
Splish! Splash! Mommies and Daddies, please do not be surprised if you see a bag of wet clothes inside our bags today as we had a blast measuring and pouring liquids to and from different containers. Several amazing discoveries and observations were:
1. H (shades of green & yellow) pouring colored water unto an ice tray according to the color’s shade
2. S and C guessing what color would come out before mixing two primary colored water
3. S, T and K observing how deep the cups & containers were by pouring water in it using a ladle
4. R figuring the best way to position to coffee filter on top of a cup while pouring water to avoid it spilling
5. K and L trying our different objects to see which one can hold the most liquid
Our Drinking Bar station was equipped with soaking pads which quickly absorbed the spilled water. When it became too soaked, we were asked to squeeze the water out so that we can use it again.
Cup Noodle Making Station
One of the many things that Japan is known for is cup noodles! Although we still might be too young to eat it, we have seen it quite often during trips to the grocery store. Plastic cups, noodles (large rubber bands), alphabet figures, and small plastic balls were the objects made available for us to make our own cup noodles. Ideas that came up during the activity were:
1. J figuring out which cutlery was the best in transferring the most noodles
2. J separating the ingredients according to its type (noodles in one bowl, letters in another)
3. J, P, J, and T figuring out how much can a cup hold by filling it up with ingredients
4. S noticed that the small balls had a little figurine inside and tried cracking it open like eggs
5. P, R, K, and L were amused with how the balls bounced depending on how they threw it from one point to another
Noodles Turned Into Exercising Bands!
Some of noticed that the “noodles” were quite “stretchy” and can be pulled from one end to another. We asked Liezel about it and found out that we could use it to stretch! We placed the rubber bands around our ankles and used it as a mean to stretch our arms and thighs.
We also did a group stretching exercise by moving our bodies to the rhythm of Furns’ “Jangala”. It was fun to see whom amongst us had (1) the strongest core by holding our legs up high the longest and (2) who was the most flexible by being able to effortlessly reach our toes
Erika showed us a cool way to use the rubber band by placing both our hands inside of it and “TWISTING” it around to make a knot in between and “UNDOING” it to make it go back to its original state.
Colored Block Play
Colored translucent blocks are back in the room! It is always fun to have these objects around as it makes an interesting sound when it falls on the floor and we can see our surroundings in different colors when we look through it. Wren was keen with stacking it atop of each other to see how high of a tower he could build! It was a wonderful avenue to interact with him as we have missed him the past two days!
Circle Time Sing and Dance Medley
Our entire Circle Time period was a music medley! We started off by singing along to “Jangala” and changing its lyrics to “Pack away, pack away the toys”. After everything was all back to its original place, we requested and danced to the beat of the following songs:
1. “Swisskapolka” – Buddy Baker & Bob Jackman
2. “More Than A Woman” (SG’s Paradise Remix) – Bee Gees & SG Lewis
3. “Tequila” – The Champs
4. “Mermaid Lagoon/ Bad Day at Skull Rock” – The Cast of Peter Pan
5. “We Will Rock You” – Queen
Goh San showed us a few ballet moves that we could do while “Mermain Lagoon / Bad Day at Skull Rock” was playing. The little ladies in the class loved spinning around and moving gracefully to the rhythm!
To the tune of Perry Como’s “Catch A Falling Star”, we reviewed what has transpired during the week. We talked about our Spring Family event, our March celebrants birthday celebrations, and the cherry blossoms. We used Dr. Jean Feldman’s “Banana Dance” to do our morning roll call too!
Since we have been interested with the catchy beat of “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”, Erika showed us an empty blue tissues box which made a funny sound when shaken. She asked us to give our guesses by encouraging us to respond in rhythm of “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”. Here were some of the guesses made:
H: heart
R: Paw Patrol
W: train
J: baby
J: pee (?)
It turns out that it was alphabet letters that were inside the box! The letters “S”, “R”, “A”, and “O” came out of the box! We were introduced to the corresponding phonetic sound of these letters which we look forward to learning more about it in the coming weeks!
We wish you all a lovely weekend!
Love,
Buds Class Children