W is for Weather; Star Shape

Monday for preschool we had a great time learning about the letter W. We practiced making the W shape with pipe cleaners. W says, wah! Some W words are: water, wave, weird, what, why, and weather. Since our theme is about weather we talked about the weather and what it means. The kids learned about wind and pressure systems that make the air compress and move. We made hypotheses about what wind could or could not move. Then we experimented using straws and various objects. The wind could move a feather, string, cotton balls; it cannot move rocks, toy cars, clothes pins, or buttons. I read a fun book entitled "What Can the Wind Move?" A silly story about a wind that borrowed items from a town and later returned them. Using straws the kids blew paint over some dark blue paper to make a snow storm.

We focused some on the star shape. The kids made a star with their fingers. Each child also laid on the ground and looked up through our fingers to see the shape. We learned how to make star shapes using lines. Our snack included star shaped cheese, meat, and bread.

Our last little project was to make wax paper and crayon stars but that activity flopped big time. The kids had a hard time shaving off the wax crayons with pencil sharpeners. It was a good idea but too time consuming. We are so glad the Lily came to visit us! All the kids really missed Ella too. Stay tuned for the next installment.