Baking Soda and Vinegar Ocean

               Well it has been a fun week . I did a science experiment that ties into " Ocean Commotion " .  It took me quite a while to find one and was not really sure how it was going to turn out . I found a glass baking pan so the children could see it from all sides . I wanted show them the reaction between baking soda and vinegar . I was also trying to relate it to when the ocean water comes up on the sand the water is bubbly and foamy . I put baking soda , the shells from the Mother Goose Time curriculum, and I used the plastic fish from the " Shipwreck Hideaway" game in the Mother Goose Time curriculum. It turned out pretty cool . Even my youngest daughter wanted to do it. 

 This is what we started with. It was so pretty I did not want to let anybody else do anything to it.

 In these pictures I let the children pour the vinegar in the glass pan with baking soda and they got to see the reaction between baking soda and vinegar. They looked at it for a little bit.   

 

In these two pictures I was letting the children touch the baking soda , the fish , and the shells . I feel it is very critical that children experience plenty of " Hands On " activities.

 

 

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Monster Fish

      Today has been much more peaceful at my house. It has been rainy and cold in Washington , IL today. That is probably why it has been so quiet . 
     We jumped into our " Submarine" and found the " Diver " too.     With the way the " Mother Goose Time Curriculum " is designed it does not seem like work for the children. I definitely believe this is why the kids as me a lot " Are we doing a lesson today ? " . They love the activities and the children honestly have fun . Our " Ocean Commotion Submarine Adventure "  had it's first stop where I asked the kids the discussion question " What helps you see things under the water ? " . The answer that came out was submarine . It took a little convincing from me that they were going to need a light to see underwater . I set out the " Fishy Numbers "for the children to sort by color. They had some trouble with this . The next time I do this activity I am going to show what I want them to do first.
         The " Submarine Window Collage " is a great activity to give kids more hands - on experience . You are able to let them make themselves. I got some very unusual answers from" What might you see from a submarine window ? " .  They told me monster fish , shark , and a snake fish .  The " Submarine Math " game was a hit with the kids. They were grabbing other numbers to try before I even asked them too . When we found our " Diver " we had just as much fun. We talked about " Who do you know that is a good swimmer ? .  I got fish, sharks , and " I am ".  The kids had some trouble with letters . We are going to work on those some more. The " Ocean Storytelling " section was cool. The kids loved the pictures and they got more practice with learning their letters . After this I let the kids crawl around in a tunnel to help them understand what is like to be underwater in the ocean. Now I need to get everything ready so we can jump into the " Aquarium " . 

The children are working on learning their words and colors .We are going to practice more on Monday. 

   I like the " Submarine Window Collage " . The kids got to explore what they could do by themselves .

        The kids got to expand their minds and learn some math .

          The " Ocean Storytelling " gave the children a creative way to work their letters .
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On top of the ocean and under the water

    Well this week has been an adventure . With being a mother , wife , daycare provider , blogger , and college student I have learned being flexible will make life go better for everyone . We have bounced around a lot on the Mother Goose Time Curriculum . We started our week with " Shipwreck ".  I asked the children the discussion question " What does a boat go when it sinks ? " This concept apparently needs more work because the kids struggled with this. I explained that the boat would go to the bottom of the ocean.  I need to come up with something so they can visually see it . The children were enthusiastic to do the " Concept Review " which involve shapes .  I got out a variety of plastic shapes in different colors . I had the children find a yellow square , blue triangle , and a red circle . The kids did very well with this . The " Sunken Ship Hideaway " game is so cool . I want to laminate the game board so the kids can play it for a very long time . The next part " Where is the Fish ? " is a fantastic activity to challenge kids to figure out small , medium , and large . I asked the children the question " What would you do with a fish is you caught one ? "  .   The answer I got was  " Throw it around " . It has been a great week and I am looking forward to doing more lessons. 

               This is where we started our week.

  

                   Having fun learning our " Fishy Numbers " .

                           Learning small , medium , and large .

         The " Sunken Ship Hideaway " game  was great . The kids enjoyed the fish that came with the game and this is one they are able to do a lot of it by themselves.

                     Shapes and more shapes

                 Putting the bilingual book " What is it ? "
 together . I have been encouraging the kids to use   the scissors themselves and to glue themselves.

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Sea Sponges and X-ray Fish

          I will be adding more painting activities with sponges. The kids really took to the " Sponge Stencils " activity. All I kept hearing was " This is fun ! "  When I asked the discussion question " Do you think a sea sponge is living or non - living ? Why ? " , I got non -  living because it is a plant.  I still have some work to do in t his area to show the kids that plants are living too . With X-ray Fish I asked the question " What do you think is inside of a fish ? " This question got me answers like  food and snakes . We did the X-ray Fish Painting  and the kids loved it. The more I am able to let the children do on their own with the Mother Goose Time Curriculum the more they enjoy and learn from it.

Sea Stars , Plankton , Jellyfish , Seahorses

              Monday brought us to learning about Plankton and Jellyfish.  I started off with the discussion question " What might you see floating in the ocean ? " The answers I got were dolphin , car , and  a whale. The kids have such amazing personalities.  I do not think I will ever figure them out. The " Jellyfish Hat " was a success for everybody in my house. My youngest daughter even wanted to make one . My middle daughter and her friend just wanted to wear the shower cap. The " Sea Star  discussion  question " How do you think a sea star moves ?" got me an answer of " floats around ".  I love the " Bumpy Sea Star ". There are a couple of children that still need to make this yet because they were not at my house when we made them . With the question " Why do think a seahorse has a tail ? " The kids showed me that they have been paying attention.  They said if he does not have a tail he can not swim. The concept review was fantastic. It really helped work on numbers. The " Daddy Seahorse Game " was a hit. We are going to do that again on Monday.

Turtles and new words

          We have continued our undersea adventure.  We learned about sharks .  I asked the children the question on the topic poster " How would you feel if you saw a shark ? " and I got some interesting answers . I  got mad , grumpy , and because the shark is going to eat me .  I also asked the children " How do you think a shark skin feel . The answers I got to this were sharky and smooth .  The kids loved making the shark fin . They rubbed the sand all over their hands . They liked the feel of the sand on their hands . The kids had a blast with the " Who is Hatching Game ? " . They were able to recognize letters and the words . I would to keep using this game because I think it can help the children learn more words and letters . We even worked in our Mother Goose Time Workbooks. The kids surprised me because they  wanted to keep going and do more pages even after we got done with the page that went with the lesson .  I am ready to dive into next week !!!!!!!!!!