Sailboats!

This morning there was water in the touch and feel pool. The kids loved playing with the water! We had chains to connect, eggs to match and different types of transportation in the pool too! During morning circle we discussed the letter m and shared words that started with m. We also reviewed and thought of new opposites!

Our story today was "Captain Duck" by Jez Alborough. Duck was looking for some gas because his truck was on empty. He went over to Goat's to see if he had any to borrow. While at Goat's he saw Frog walking down the path to the water. Duck went to check it out..Frog and Sheep were in Goat's boat and were going on an adventure. Duck hopped in, grabbed the rope and started the engine. Duck, Sheep and Frog were flying through the water...without Goat! They boat engine stopped working and they only had one paddle...they were stuck in the water. Finally the boat made it back to the dock safely. Duck thought he broke Goat's boat....but Goat said it just ran out of gas.

 Our story today was a rhyming story. So we made a rhyming poem about boats as a class. The kids had to think of a word that rhymed to finish each line in the poem.

Today was Ms. Gretchen's last day. We sang "Row Your Boat" first using a stretchy band. We rowed our boat high, low and around in a circle. Next the kids pretended to carpet surf around the room. We used kazoos and scarves to sing "Been Working on a Sailboat." We identified different types of transportation and used bells in the transportation song. The last song before we sang goodbye was the "F-I-N-A-L" song since it was our last day of music class. The kids loved learning new songs and playing all the different instruments during our music time!

For science today we talked about how sailboat move. They need wind and water to move! We tested out 2 boats...one boat had a hull, mast and sail and the other boat just had the hull. We used straws to make wind to blow the boats. The boat with the sail moved, but the boat with no sail didn't move. The boat with just the hull needed paddles to move.

For art the kids made a sailboat out of different shapes. First we glued waves and water to the bottom of our paper. Next the kids colored the hull of their ship and glued it in the water. Then we added the mast to the middle of the boat. Next the kids glued the sail on top of the mast of the boat. The last thing we added to our picture was the sun in the sky. The kids also glued a copy of the poem we made during language circle to their art work so they can read it at home.

Tomorrow is our last day of school before spring break. We will finish learning about boats and do a really cool science experiment!