Olvina Flies by Grace Lin was our book of the day, and although it talks about an airplane it has a little twist. Olvina, the chicken, gets invited to a bird conference in Hawaii. Olvina doesn't know how she will get there since chickens can't fly. Her friend, Will, persuades her to take an airplane, but Olvina is nervous because she has never flown before. Olvina is very brave and goes to the airport, buys her ticket, goes through security, and finds her seat on the plane. Her seatmate turns out to be another bird friend headed to the conference....a penguin!
Science was a big hit.....and it was all an experiment watching balloons move by air. Ms. Ellen was so amazing as she blew up an orange balloon. The kids laughed....oohed.....ahhed.....it was simply fascinating! (Fascinating for the children.....the adults were watching carefully to make sure Ms. Ellen had enough oxygen for this activity!!) Once she let the balloon go and we all watched what happened.....she hit rock star status! They loved it!! We repeated this at least 10 times....and could have done it 10 more times without any complaints.
Ms. Michelle brought her special shaving cream/glue mixture, made fancy with green glitter. The kids used it to paint shamrocks. They all took turn bowling.....you wouldn't believe how patient they have gotten. The catch was that after your turn bowling, you had to crab walk or log roll back to the line for another turn. Very motivating way to incorporate exercises!! At the end of the lesson, Ms. Michelle took a vote. We have been doing so much voting lately, I think the kids are finally starting to understand. They voted on which activity she would bring next week. Scooter boards or a parachute. Hands down....scooter boards won. Not even really a contest!!
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