Transition Song: Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy
Materials: feathers, puppets, stuffed toys, small balls, big exercise ball
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: bounce, experiment, does/does not, roll(ed), float(ed), flop(ped), fell, high/low, fast/slow, What, predicting, negation (Not), squishy
We didn't have time to do our preliteracy and draw the letter B because we had a lot of things going on. We tried an EXPERIMENT. An experiment is what you try to see what will happen. We wanted to know if certain items would BOUNCE.
First we tried feathers. We predicted what would happen if we held the feathers high and let them go. Will they bounce? Let's see. READY! SET! GO! Did it bounce? No, my feather floated. Everyone had a chance to tell the group what happened to his or her feather.
Next, we tried puppets. We predicted what would happen if we held the puppets high and let them go. This time, more of the children predicted that it would NOT bounce. READY! SET! GO! My puppet fell to the floor. It did not bounce. Everyone had a chance to share what happened to his or her puppet.
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| My puppet fell. |
Third, we tried stuffed toys. They were squishy. Would they bounce? This time, all of the children predicted that the toy would not bounce. READY! SET! GO! My toy rolled. We tried it again and this time my toy flopped. It really depended on what toy you had. There were ladybugs, frogs, and turtles. The lady bugs rolled, the frogs flopped, and the turtles fell flat.
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| Now we're trying the stuffed toys. |
Last we tried.....bouncy balls! These balls were just big enough to hold in two hands. All of the children predicted that their ball would bounce. READY! SET! GO! The balls bounced and bounced. They also rolled. We pulled out a big exercise ball and each of the children had a turn to bounce (fast!) on it while we sang the Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy song again.
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| Trying out the bouncy balls. |
And here are some other things that happened this week:
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| Miss Jen uses a Big Mac button that says "hello" as part of her greeting time. |
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| Building a big tower. |
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| The sensory table has colored rice inside. |
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| The castle is always fun in Miss Jeana's classroom. |
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| Stamping with pumpkin stamps and orange ink. |
