Clay Project

Happy Tuesday! Huge thanks to X(Z’s mom) and (T’s mom) for coming to Flowers today. They came to show us how to create clay projects. First, X made a demonstration about the steps to follow to make sure our projects turn out well. Then, with ’s assistance, we were able to make our own projects!

After separating into three groups, we used our hands and rolling pins to flatten the paper clay. X asked, “Why do you think we need to knead the clay?”.

              J: If you roll it, you can make it flat.

              M: You have to mix it, so it won’t be sticky.

              Mi: It looks like a hat! So easy!

Good guesses! We were a bit surprised to hear the reason why kneading was needed. X explained, “Because we need to take the air out of the clay before using it”.  We had one chunk of white paper clay and had small pieces of colored paper clay as well. We rolled the colored paper clay into small balls, which we enjoyed doing. Then, we put these colored ones on our kneaded white paper clay. The last step was deciding which shape (heart, star, bear, or flowers) to use. Do you know that most of us made more than 3 shapes?! We really enjoyed making this clay project!  We can’t wait to take these home!

Before saying goodbye, X told us that we need to wait for 24 hours (one sleep!) for our clay projects to get hard. Our teachers will coat them with a special liquid called varnish. And then we will choose one shape where we can glue a magnet on its back and turn it into a FRIDGE MAGNET!

Thank you so much again for coming, X and L!

CIRCLE TIME

Thank you to our calendar helper, Y, for reminding us about today’s date and weather. It’s two more days before Halloween party.

              Ai: I’ll dress up in Spider man.

              J: I will be a bird.

We are excited to hear that some of the moms and dads are joining the fun at our Halloween party as well. For those who can’t make it, it’s alright! We will make sure to share many photos with you!

When Halloween starts, we see signs of Halloween around us. One of them is the one we made yesterday. What did we make yesterday?

              Yu: Halloween pumpkin

              A: A pumpkee!

              M: Pum-min!

              Ty: It’s Jack o’ Lantern. We made a face.

              Sh: We cut and we draw too. We drew the face parts first, and then we cut along the lines.

              Ma: You cut and take off.

              Ju: We used a knife.

              Mi: We use a “pokie” spoon.

              A: We collect the seed inside.

              Sh We took out the squishy part inside the pumpkin. It’s the most yucky thing I think for me! Eew!

              A: Oh, the long black lines!

              Ty: I made the mouth.

Awesome memory! Yes, we carved our pumpkin yesterday with special carving tools. Part of the carving activity was taking out the seeds, little strings, and some pulp as well. The strings and pulp felt squishy and gooey. Our teachers praised us that although we thought they were yucky, we tried our very best to take them out. We did a great job and now, our jack-o-lantern is sitting on our shelf😊

STORY TIME (Spiders by Gail Gibbons)

Another sign of Halloween that we often see as a decoration, are spiders. We read a book about them and know some interesting facts about them. One fact that we learned was about the size of the spiders. Female spiders are bigger than the male. When the male spider gets near the female spider, he must be careful as the female spider has the tendency to eat him if she happens to be hungry! Some people might find them scary, but they are helpful to us. For our homework, please share in what ways spiders are helpful to us.

See you tomorrow! Please remember to wear your Ohana T-shirt!

 Love,

Flowers XOXO