Polar Graphing

Continuing along with our graphing, we talked about Arctic/Polar animals today & did some Polar graphing!!  I found a fun Polar Roll & Graph activity over HERE so we printed it out & put it to work!  :)  (I printed it in black & white & since the pictures were so light, some parts didn't print and I had to draw them in!)  :(  We were only going to graph 10 rolls, but being that Hunter loved this, we went to 20!!   

We also looked at some Arctic animals online - some of his favorites were: Arctic hare, Arctic fox & the polar bear!  Next week, we plan to make an igloo!!! :)

Color Mixing & Graphing

What a fun day!!  We talked about mixing primary colors today!  First, we started with a simple sheet about mixing colors (found it HERE a few years ago) - just using crayons but not actually mixing. 

Then, I divided a piece of white construction paper into 9 squares.  Using red, yellow & blue (and adding a little black, white & brown), I just put a few drops of each onto the squares, and we came up with new colors!!  Hunter loved this!! :)

Next, we talked about graphing!!  What a better way to learn about graphing, than by using CANDY!!!  M&M's to be exact!!  ;)  I've had this M&M graphing sheet forever (sorry, don't know where it came from - but could easily be created on your own!!), and thought Hunter would enjoy it!!  Of course, he did!!!













Bummed that I forgot to take a picture with all the M&M's on the paper, but you can get the idea by his little "circles"!!  ;)

We're Still Here!!

WOW!! I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post!!! :( Our lives have been so busy lately, that blogging has been taking a back seat!! :( However, things are kinda slowing down for a while, so hopefully I can keep up!!!

We've been fitting preschool in here & there, trying to stay on top of things! We've kinda been reviewing letters & sounds lately, so not too many fun themes! :( We are doing a little Community Helper unit that Hunter is loving!! He's been waiting forever to talk about police!!! :)

While reviewing, we made some counting manipulatives, using bottle tops!! (After I entered my reward codes, of course!! ;) Super simple - just the way I like it!! I used 20 bottle tops, labels, markers & scissors (you could use a circle punch if you have one big enough - mine was too small :( My circles that I cut out were NOT neat by any means, so don't laugh!! Hunter thinks they're cool, so that's what matters!!! ;)

p.s. The red word strip chart - - $1 @ Target before school started!!!!

Sticks & Clips

Need a super easy idea for counting practice?? Get a bag of popsicle sticks & some clothes pins and there you go!! I added dots, from 1 to 10 on the sticks & the numbers 1-10 on the clips (clothes pins). First, Hunter counted the dots & put the sticks in order, then he found the matching clip & clipped them together!! Easy-peasy & fun!! :)