Wow! What a week we had learning and having fun with popcorn! The word of the week was POP!
The students loved reading it, coming up with words that rhyme with it, and pretending to pop like popcorn with their bodies! At center time we pretended to be kernels popping by jumping on a mini trampoline! We had to count and jump 10 times then get back in line for another turn. The hippos enjoyed using a parachute and balls as we sang our popcorn song in the gym. (goals-gross motor, letter identification, following directions, rhyming, number 10).
During circle time we talked about the different ways to make popcorn such as on the stove, in the microwave, and using an air popper. All of us were able to watch a real air popper change the kernels into popcorn. We practiced scooping the popcorn into popcorn boxes (dramatic play area) and rolling yellow playdough into popcorn balls during center time. We also felt the weight of a water bottle filled with kernels and a water bottle filled with popped popcorn. This led to a discussion of heavy and light. We discussed how the kernels changed into popcorn when adding heat. The students also painted a big box white and cut out and pasted red strips to make a popcorn box. Each student named a letter on a piece of yellow paper then crumbled it up (representing popcorn) then threw it in our popcorn box. We did the same with paper with numbers on it. At center time, we used grabbers to put the popcorn (crumbled up paper with letters and numbers ) in the box we painted. This is a fun way to work on fine and gross motor as well as being responsible to clean up the popcorn off the floor. (goals- cutting, fine motor strengthening, counting, contributing as a member of a group, curious behavior, number recognition, letters, showing responsibility)
It was fun to plant popcorn kernels in dirt and water them with a squirt bottle! We picked ABC letters, went over the sound of the letter and a word that started with the letter, then found it on our popcorn letter sheet. We filled up the entire sheet! In addition, we placed butter (yellow water) on packaging noodles (popcorn) using pipettes. We made popping sounds while jumping on bubble wrap! On Wednesday, we signed in to the question, "How do you like your popcorn? Do you like it plain, with butter or with salt?" We also played a number game by recognizing the number and counting that many little erasers and placing them in a popcorn container. (gross motor, fine motor, following 2 step directions, comparing numbers, recognizing numbers, counting, recognizing letters and sounds)
The letter of the week was the letter Q for quilt, quarter and quiet. Our 2nd steps lesson focused on saying sorry if we hurt someone by accident.
We celebrated Veteran's Day Tuesday with a parade for our veterans! After the parade, we went to another classroom to listen to a veteran who served in the army!!
Books We Read:
Popcorn Shop
Popcorn Shop
Popcorn
Curious Geoge Popcorn Troubles
Questions to Ask:
1. How do we make popcorn at our house?
2. What did we plant in the dirt and then water? (kernels)
3. What did we play with during gym? (parachute and balls)
4. What is your favorite thing to do on the playground?
5. Sing the popcorn song with your child! (I'm a piece of popcorn put me in the pan, shake me, shake me, as fast as you can, then.. I... will..... POP!-(have your child jump in the air when you say POP)
Questions to Ask:
1. How do we make popcorn at our house?
2. What did we plant in the dirt and then water? (kernels)
3. What did we play with during gym? (parachute and balls)
4. What is your favorite thing to do on the playground?
5. Sing the popcorn song with your child! (I'm a piece of popcorn put me in the pan, shake me, shake me, as fast as you can, then.. I... will..... POP!-(have your child jump in the air when you say POP)
6. How are you responsible at home?
7. Which word rhymes with POP ? (pop/cop or pop/truck)
Important Reminders
Important Reminders
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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| What rhymes with POP? |
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| Thank you for turning in the feathers! Look how beautiful our turkey is. We have had lots of compliments! |
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| Cutting Tub |
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| The kids really like to watercolor. They painted popcorn buckets. |
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| We placed a marker on the correct letter on the popcorn ABC sheet. We went over letters, letter sounds and things that start with that particular letter. |
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| We counted erasers then added them to our popcorn box. |
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| Dance Party! |
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| We had a ball with the parachute. |
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| We sang our popcorn song then lifted up the parachute to pop the popcorn (balls). |
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| We crumbled up tissues as our popcorn and glued them to our popcorn box. |
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| Grabbers and crumbled letters and numbers. |
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| The hippos did a nice job of waiting their turn to be popcorn by jumping on the mini trampoline! |
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| Look at the cute popcorn box the kids decorated. These two cleaned up the popcorn pieces with their grabbers! |
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| We pretended to put butter on the popcorn using pipettes, packaging noodles and yellow food coloring. |
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| It was fun to hear the popping sound as we jumped and walked on bubble wrap. |
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| Everyone had fun playing with the popcorn! We were not allowed to eat it. |
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| We used playdoh to make little popcorn balls and put them on the popcorn box. |
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| Here is a picture with an army veteran. Our hippos were very respectful and good listeners. |
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| We practiced our cutting skills by cutting out the strips for our popcorn box we painted. |
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| It was fun to plant kernels and water them. |
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| We watched the parade before we joined in! |
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| Which bottle is heavier? Which is lighter? |
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| We all watched and listened as Ms. Ginny made popcorn using her air popper!! |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Patterning leaves. |
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| We matched the letters in the word POPCORN. |
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| We painted our popcorn box white. |
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| Here are our beautiful fall trees! |
