Water Cycle Day/ Yummy treat/ Turkey Hats

We have had a lot of fun learning about the weather and all the different seasons.  This week we talked about the water cycle.  There are some big words like evaporation, condensation and precipitation but we just focused on the process and what is happening. I found this cute little story about Drippy the Raindrop to help the kids understand it a little more and then we did a science experiment with blue water (Oceans, lakes and rivers) and cotton balls ( our clouds). All you do is rest the cloud on top of your river and watch as the cloud fills up with water. Then they got to pick it up and watch the raindrops begin to fall. They really liked doing this.

Drippy the Raindrop


Making our own little rain clouds. It was great when the kids left preschool today to see a bunch of black clouds. They were all talking about how there was going to be rain today.

For cooking this day we made frozen chocolate bananas! They were so yummy :) All you have to do is freeze your bananas before (I cut mine into thirds and stuck a popsicle stick in it). Then melt some chocolate. We used Reeses peanut butter cups and chocolate chips. Also add a little oil so your chocolate is a little more runny.  Dip your banana in the chocolate and then cover with sprinkles or other fun toppings. Amy at Super Healthy Kids has some great tips if you want to look at her site. The kids loved them and so did I. I think I need to make some more, they were so yummy. 

Chocolate Banana Recipe

We also made some turkey hats this week for art. I spent at least an hour prepping most of the stuff so that it would be easier for the kids but it still took a lot of time. It was worth it though to see how cute they looked and how excited they were to wear them. 

Fairy Tales and Seasons

I have to apologize for not getting the last 2 weeks posted sooner. We had a gross sickness going through the family last week and I completely forgot to post the week before. To top it all off when I went to download my pictures they were gone. I think my 2 year old may have got to the camera and deleted them. So I have just taken a quick few pictures to show you some of the fun activities we did.

Fairy Tales: We were able to read a couple of my favorite fairy tales. The Frog Prince was the first one and the kids loved making these frogs out of paper plates. I think there favorite part was gluing on the tongue and then making their frogs ribbit over and over again.  I love how fairy tales teach a life lesson. In The Frog Prince we learned that it is important to keep your promise if you say you will do something.

We also red the story The Little Red Hen. We talked about the importance of helping out with the work if you want the reward at the end. They were then able to help roll out the dough and help me make scones. We did this activity last year and the kids always love the scones. Even though they usually put way too much cinnamon sugar on it. 

Seasons: We have also been talking lots about the seasons and how the weather changes for each season. We have been doing a lot of sorting to practice learning the difference between each season. The kids have been doing really well at the sorting games and seem to be catching on well. We have read some fun books as well to go with each season. We collected leaves one day. We talked about the leaves that were still on the trees and those that had fallen on the ground. They loved to see all the different colors that the leaves were changing. We then practiced tracing our leaves onto paper and then they got to paint their leaves all the different fall colors.