Thursday, March 22, 2012

Not as Windy!

We took advantage of the sunny weather to play outside for as long as we wanted. The children were surprisingly inventive with their play, constructing obstacle courses,  becoming mechanics and builders and turning over the travel cars, and enjoying their move through the morning. Wind week meant that we talked about the weather, and a friend brought in weather data from her home weather station to share with us.
team work,
 The sensory table was full of cloud dough, a mixture of baby oil and flour, that had the addition of tools and animals towards the end of the week.
Our art projects were weather related also, with cloud paintings, "raindrops" painted with water, rainbows, and painting with our own wind power. Finally, at the end of the week, we added air to cream with  a tool and our muscles  to make whipped cream!

Until Next Time,
Michele


checking underneath the car

oil change, and cutting off the tires with sparks.

the ultimate challenge!

data from a home weather station!

cloud dough

painting a raindrop with powdered paint and water

different styles

organizational skills!

cloud dough is absorbing

more animals and tools to add


interesting how absorbing cloud dough is!



rebuilding an engine, hard hats required

a diagram of an engine to refer to

we made a rainbow from a cloud !

an engine construct!

painting with our wind power

designed by wind power

from a liquid

whip whip whip whirrrr

whip whirrrr

whirrrr

adding more air, it gets a little splashy

enjoying the hard work

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