It has come to my attention that my blog (and several other teachers') didn't post beyond last week after Tuesday. Please let me know if this happens again but in the meantime I'll try to catch you up.
We used our hands to paint fat little penguins. Each child held their hands in fists clasped over each other and I painted the outer edge. We laid those against paper and ended up with a white bellied penguin with its head turned to one side. There are a few details to add but you will soon see them on our windows.
Blubber is a bad word in our society. Ohh, to be a penguin and have love handles be desirable! Penguins, whales, seals and other cold weather mammels need blubber to keep them warm. The children were able to experience this first hand with the aid of shortening, plastic bags and ice. I emptied several ice trays into a bowl. I gave the children a plastic sandwich bag to place over their hand and had them insert it into the bowl of ice (now also container freezing water). They quickly removed them and excitedly talked about the temperature. I put 1 cup of shortening in a larger baggie. The children then put their bagged hands into the shortening bag and both went into the icy water. They were amazed their hands were warm and told me it was magic. I told them it was science and fat. Science can indeed seem magical. Fat.... not so much!
Friday was the day of the play at Hollins. Although cold, there was no wind and the sun was warm as we walked with our buddies. The play was a wonderful, fanciful rendition of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid". The children were torn between loving the mermaid and the simple turtle Turt who becomes a hero. If you are familiar with the story you know the ending is less than happy for children with the mermaid dying. The play has the mermaid living at the end, saving the king's realm and becoming close friends with the prince.
I do need some help preparing for Valentine's Day. Please do not throw away your empty paper towel (or toilet paper) rolls. And if you are really ambitous, it would be even more appreciated if you cut them into strips about 3/4 inch wide. We will paint them and use them for a decorative project. Just send them in with your child. Please refer to yesterday's blog about Valentine's.
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