This week, we changed our lunch song to better reflect what we have learned recently and began exploring our feelings so that we can express ourselves better. Friday we started to review “Give me 5.” There are five things that we do in our circle to make it easier for us to learn and have fun. The first one is “Eyes on the speaker.” We explored ways that our eyes help us learn.
K: See something you don’t know.
R: When you see something you know what it is and you can tell people.
We thought about how it would be to spend an entire day at Ohana blindfolded.
R: You will bump into someone!
K: You can’t see whiteboard, mirror, question of the day. You will bump into everything!
L: No reading books!
E: You can’t go upstairs!
M: You can’t find shoes!
We thought that without our eyes, we might not even be able to find the classroom, and even if we made it there, it would be very hard to do anything. Our eyes are so important for everything we do! We played a game where we observed colored pencils. We called out the colors we saw!
R: Black
I: Pink
S: Yellow
E: Blue
L: Purple
M: Orange
K: Light green
We closed our eyes and we guessed what change had happened. Sometimes one pencil was missing, another time two. We observed the changes and noticed very quickly which colors were missing and how many. We played detective as we searched the room for letters and then named their sounds. We later played Where’s Wally and found him in a sea of many things and other people.
Lastly, we did an experiment with melting ice where we made guesses about which ice cube would melt the fastest, and observed how fast they melted. We thought of some ways to speed up the melting process.
I: Put it in the hot microwave!
R: Put it in water.
I: Hot water!
We tried some of the ideas and watched the ice melt faster each time! We watched intently as we noticed a pool of water forming around the bottom of the cube and the small figure frozen inside being revealed more and more. Our eyes really do help us learn so much!
Have a wonderful weekend! See you next week!
Love,
Flowers