Weekly Activities

Weekly Group Time - Week of August 7 Our book this week was "Cook-A-Doodle-Doo" by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel.  As an extension activity of the book, the children asked to bake.  The children made delicious banana bread and strawberry sauce.  Here are the recipes: Strawberry Sauce Stirring the strawberries Puree 3 cups of sliced strawberries. Add to 1/3 cup sugar and 1 tsp of cornstarch.  Cook over medium heat until boiling.  Stir constantly.  Remove from heat.  Stir for 5 minutes.  Cover and chill for at least one hour. Banana Bread 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup margarine 3 bananas (ripe) 2 eggs 1tsp baking soda 2 cups flour Strawberry sauce and banana bread 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp of vanilla 1/4 tsp each of cinnamon, nutmeg 1/3 cup buttermilk Combine and mix all ingredients in a bowl.  Place in a greased bread pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes.

Stating a preference Our book this week is “Apple Batter” by Deborah Turney Zagwyn.   Our science and math activity connected to the book was to taste 6 different types of apples and record our findings. The children were open-minded and tasted all 6 apples: Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Pink, Jazz and   Spartan. A chart was completed stating the colour and taste of each apple.   The children communicated their preferences by placing stickers under the category of like/dislike and the favourite apple was the Spartan. The Results

Preparing the mask. I can't believe it is almost August!!!  This week our book was "If You Give a Pig a Pancake" by Laura Joffe Numeroff.  We explored the story through art, music and movement. Using their creative  skills,   the children made pig masks complete with curly tails on their hamhocks.  Wearing our masks, we played song games but the hit was the "Pig Hokey Pokey".  A game of "What Time is it Mr. Wolf" ended group time with a very hungry wolf chasing the little pigs. Sharing resources. Waiting for Mr. Wolf

 This week our book study is "Honey, Honey, Lion" by Jan Brett.  We learned how bees collect nectar from the flowers.  Being bees, the children communicated to the other bees through a waggle dance to indicate they found some flowers. Looking for nectar. Found the nectar. Bringing the honey to the hive.  Once the bees found the nectar, they returned to the hive to fill the honeycombs with honey.  The children have asked to have a honey taste test at the end of this week.

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