Day 5 Pumpkin Theme

Our last day of our pumpkin theme, not sure what will happen next week.

But I have the weekend to come up with something. 

Today we did LOTS, including science, which was soooo much FUN!

He earned his first Book It Certificate!

Read 25 books for the month of October. 

Putting up the sight words he learned this week! 

Yay! He now knows 20 sight words.

Pumpkin Bubble Science

We used one of those foam carvable pumpkins

from the dollar store.  Cut off the top filled half way

with water and a squirt of dish soap.

Gave him a straw and had him make bubbles.

He was soooo excited about that,

since we don't let him do that with his drinks. hehe

Figured out that the top pops the bubbles.

But the straw doesn't pop them - why?

Will my hand?

Yes!!!

But when my straw is dry it pops bubbles!
So we learned that the following:

- bubbles are made of air
- bubbles have a protective soapy layer
- that protective layer bursts when non-soapy items touch it
- the protective layer does not burst when soapy items touch it

Sight Word Assessment #1

Circled his sight words in a particular color.

"CK" Worksheet Practice
This worksheet has a picture on it, then he has to
build the word, then write it.

Some of the pictures he had a hard time figuring what

the CK word was, but with a little building he got it!

He did a great job!

Finishing up the fruit of the Spirit basket!!!

All Done!!! :)

CVC Word Building
I printed out a bunch of pumpkins and wrote
a bunch of letters on them.  Then just laid them out
to see what words he could build.

He built the following:
CAT
DOG
BIG
DIG
FIG
FOG
LOG
SIT
PIT
HIT

Erupting Pumpkin Science
My little guy LOVES baking soda and vinegar experiments.
So, I had him mix yellow and red food coloring in some vinegar
to see what color he made, orange of course.  Placed some
baking soda in the pumpkin and had him pour the vinegar in.
Made a cool orange explosion!!!

What interesting pumpkin theme activities have you done?

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!

~Bekah

Week 2 PreK: Math, Literacy, Art Centers

Shape Center Activity

I drew circles with white crayon and white paper

and gave him watercolor paints to find the shapes.

Art Center Activity

Set out 6 pumpkin shapes with the letters to trace for his name.

Then had him glue popsicle sticks to the paper as a fence and 

he glued the pumpkins on the gate.

When he was done, I had him tell me what each pumpkin was saying,

so he made his own "6 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate" story.

Writing Center Activity

This is daily work, but this shows the completion for the month of October.

He writes the date number for each day and locates the star number below to color.

Sight Word Center Activity

We review these 6 sight words daily (for this unit).

I put them in a center for him to flip them over and read the word.

Art Center Activity

I set out q-tips, paint on a plate, construction paper with a tree drawn on it.

He colored the tree shape brown and went to town with the q-tips and paint.

Didn't even have to tell him what to do, lol.

Math Center Activity

I gave him the worksheet, he knew what to do.

He used his scissors to cut out the different pumpkins/jack-o-lanterns.

Then he placed the correct pieces in the boxes and glued them.

Math/Writing Center Activity

This is part of his shape journal.

He traced the circle, colored it, and sang the Circle song.

Math Center Activity

I laid out the ice cream cone and told him to find the scoops of ice cream.

Once he found them all, he practiced lining up the scoops in numerical order

forwards and backwards.

Writing Center Activity

Practicing the number 1.

He recited the number 1 poem

and then completed his journaling.

We did this every day.

Art Center Activity

I had him lay down and I traced his body shape.

Gave him watercolor paint and a paint brush,

he was busy for about 45 minutes!

Math Center Activity

Taped circle cardstock shapes under a piece of a paper.

Gave him a crayon box and he did a rubbing to find the shapes.

Have fun and Be a blessing to your Tot!

~Bekah