5 senses and one messy day!

We finished up our 5 senses unit. Some of the activities we did for taste were talking about the tongue and the different taste buds that are on our tongue. I showed them a tongue map and we talked about the different types of tastes (bitter, sweet, sour, salty). Afterwards I had them try different types of foods and see where on their tongue they could taste them. The first was UnSweetened chocolate. The kids were so excited to have chocolate and all of them except one thought it would be sweet. One little guy predicted it would be bitter. Their faces of joy quickly turned into disgust! They were all running to the garbage can to spit it out. I had a good laugh. :) Next we had potato chips for salty. They all loved this! And then lemons for sour. Some of the kids wouldn't even try the lemon. Last was some orange slices which were sweet. Of course this was everyone's favorite.

Just put the chocolate in their mouths.

Now the fun begins.

 Love this face! poor guy

Eating a lemon :)

Sugar makes everyone happy.

For sight we played a game of looking at a tray of 10 objects for 30 seconds. Then I would take something away and they had to try and remember what they saw and figure out what was missing. We also made some eyes out of carrots, cream cheese and olives. They were a yummy snack and would be fun to make for a Halloween party.

To finish off our unit I had the kids bring something from home that made a sound. We played a game to "Guess that Sound." They stood behind a blanket and made noise with what they brought while the kids guessed what was making the noise. They really had fun with this. Afterwards we made this cute art project with all the 5 senses. Googly eyes for sight, Cotton ball dipped in perfume for smell, licorice rope for taste, bells for hearing, and felt or sandpaper hands for touch.

 Having some fun with the licorice.

 What an adorable angel she is :)

We are starting our weather unit. On Thursday we watched the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. I say watched the book because I couldn't find mine and luckily I found it on YouTube to show on my Apple TV. Here is the link: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

We then made some umbrellas since we have been learning about Letter U and had whatever food they wanted, to be falling from the sky. The kids loved this and most had candy, ice cream and chocolate. Although I loved one little guy's idea of money falling from the sky. Wouldn't that be nice?

For cooking this day we made Spaghetti and Meatballs! The best comment when I told them we would be making this was from a cute little girl. She said, "Yes! Finally I get some meat at this place!"

I would only recommend doing this activity if you are prepared to clean up a big mess of spaghetti noodles :) It was a lot of fun though and the kids loved it!

A little of everything...

Why is it so hard for me to update weekly? I guess life is much busier now that I have 2 kids. Those of you with more are amazing at how much you can accomplish. :) Here are some pictures of some of the fun things we have been doing. Also, a big thank you to Kim, Xiao Xiao and Lauren for you help with the Valentine's party yesterday.

We made these turtles on letter T day. This little guy has brought it back to preschool 3 times now. I think he really likes him. :)

February is Dental Health Month so we had some fun learning about teeth. For cooking we made these toothy smiles out of apples, peanut butter and marshmallows.

I boiled a few hard boiled eggs to show what can happen if you don't brush your teeth. This egg was boiled with a tea bag to show what plaque build up can look like on your teeth.

 We scrubbed the egg with toothpaste and a toothbrush. They thought it was so much fun brushing an egg. It took quite a bit of scrubbing to get it clean.

 It's hard to tell from this picture but the egg on the left was soaked in Milk (which is great for your teeth with lots of calcium in it) The one on the right is soaked in vinegar to show if you eat foods that are processed and unhealthy and  don't brush your teeth. The vinegar egg was mushy as the vinegar had eaten through the shell and the "enamel" was no longer hard.

 Egg soaked in Pepsi. I showed it to my husband to try and convince him not to drink Pepsi so much. He just got the toothpaste and toothbrush and quickly cleaned up the egg to show if he brushes his teeth it isn't bad. Bummer, I guess we will still be buying way too much Pepsi.

 We have been learning about the 5 senses. This day I wrapped different objects in socks. The kids got to feel the objects through the sock and guess what they thought was in the sock. They had some great guesses. Some were pretty humorous though. Such as, a chicken, a pickle, a dog, and a few others that I can't seem to remember.

 We made some heart shaped pizzas for cooking one day.

 Valentine Party Games:Bingo and a math sorting game

Letter S day made snakes and shakes

 We also talked about smell with the 5 senses. The cups were covered with napkins that I had made slits in. The kids were really good at guessing the smells. Vinegar, Candle wax, potato chip, popcorn, cinnamon, peanut butter.

 Just wanted to send a reminder to bring your reading books back after you have read them so that I can change them out for a new one. I forgot to send the books home on Tuesday with the mad rush at the end of our party.