Plants, Birds, X marks the spot and Frog Cycle

I have loved my classroom the last couple of weeks. We have had so much fun doing science and I love the smell of dirt and flowers in the room. We worked on our plant unit for a few days. We talked about seeds and how there are all different colors and shapes. We had fun sorting them into groups. 

We also made our own sunflower. It looked a lot like a daffodil but I wanted to have a little cup in the middle for them to try some real sunflower seeds. They really loved this art project and loved the snack that went along with it. We discussed the 3 things plants need to grow. Water, air, and sun. They liked telling me all the different parts of the flowers and the order that they grow.

Finished Product. 

They even glued a real seed on the paper before adding the roots. 

 I love this book. It is a great book that talks about all the different things that come from seeds and all the fruits and vegetables that grow from the seeds.

These are our grass heads before they started growing. Now most of them have a full head of hair and are ready for a haircut. I had a few that just won't grow so I started them all over. Hopefully they will catch up quickly to the others. 

We watched the video of the book The Tiny Seed. Then we did a shared writing assignment. It was such a fun story and they loved putting kids in the class in the story. After we wrote the story I gave them each a piece of paper and let them draw a picture from something in the story. They loved taping their pictures up next to the story.

 For letter X day we had a blast! I found this cute idea on preschoolalphabetblogspot.com

I told the kids that I had planned a treasure hunt for them, but they would have to do a few things first before they could find the treasure box.

We started with a bunch of pictures of places to look for clues. If the clue wasn't there they had to put an X on the picture.

When we found the clue they had to trace lots of x's for their next clue. 

The next thing they had to do was make x's with popsicle sticks. 

Then we had to do lots of eXercises.  We did jumping jacks that looked like x's. We did sit ups with our arms crossed like and x on our chest. We crossed our legs like x's and touched our toes. And then we did scissor cuts with our arms that looked like x's. 

 Next we found a treasure hunt map that told us to do lots of silly things. We had to crawl under the table and leap frog up the stairs, and we found the treasure box right on top of Mrs. Julie's piano. The kids were so excited to get a fun treat.

We learned lots about birds as well one day. We talked about all the different things bird do compared to mammals. They have 2 feet, they have feathers, they lay eggs. We looked at lots of different pictures of birds and discussed the food birds like to eat. They loved making a bird book with pictures of woodpeckers, blackbirds, sparrows, and a hummingbird.

We made some bird puppets.

 And we made a bird feeder. Just a bagel with peanut butter, and birds seeds. So far, mine has just been blowing a lot in the rain and wind. Hopefully it will attract some birds this week.

Frog Cycle: I have included a link of what we did this day. I just forgot to take some pictures this day. We discussed all the different stages the frog goes through, and then played a game and made a fun frog treat. 

Frog Cycle Day Link

It has been a great couple weeks! I can't wait for our field trip this week and I have ordered our caterpillars as well as some lady bug larva that should be here next week! My job is the best. :)