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.