Week Five

Weekly Book List:
"Are You My Mother?" by P.D. Eastman
Monday- Language Arts
sign of the day: bird
Letter(s): a, c
Reading Vocab: apple, cat
Literature: "Are You My Mother?" by P.D. Eastman
Activity: C is for Cookie song! (from Sesame street)
Make a bird nest: Using whatever you have available (sticks, pine needles, hay, grass...) and mud, let child pack it all together and make a nest.
Feather painting: Using feathers as a brush, let child paint a picture.

Tuesday- Science
sign of the day: water
Topic: Water
Learn: Properties of water
Activity: Water Experiments!
Water tension: :
1. using a dropper, see how many drops of water you can get to balance ontop  of a penny. When you have as much as you think will fit, gently touch the water with a toothpick and watch it flow off. (breaking the tension)
2. in flat container, arrange toothpics in a pentagon. (or any enclosed shape really) add some water. dip another toothpic in dishsoap and gently touch it to the center of al the toothpics. Watch as the soap breaks the tension and pushes the toothpics away.
Density:
1. Using a large bowl water, gather several objects and test if they will sink or float. Let child guess first. If they sink, they are more dense than water.
2. Homemade Lava lamp! before lesson, freeze several ice cube with different colors of water. fill tall vase with oil and add ice. As the ice melts, it will slowly float to the bottom. (Water becomes less dense in its solid form, ice)

Wednesday- Math
sign of the day: day
Topic: Intro to Patterns
Activity: gather small snacks from the kitchen. (we used pretzels, cheerios, raisins and crackers) Use these items to teach child what a pattern is. Once he gets the idea, practice by starting a pattern and having him finish it. Then let child make his own patterns and check to see if they are correct.
Then we looked around the house to find some patterns. Some examples: stripes on a t-shirt, the tiles in the kitchen, pattern on the windows...

Thursday- Social Studies
sign of the day: apple
Topic: Apples
Read: Johnny Appleseed book (or just tell the story. Here's some basic information of Johnny Appleseed.) 
Activity: Play Pass the Apple (same as hot potato, just use an apple instead).
Apple Pie Playdough: use this recipe for playdough, except use apple juice in place of water and add some cinnamon and nutmeg.
Apple Prints: cut an apple in half. (take out seeds) Let child paint it then press it against a piece of paper. If you want, cut one half again to make different patterns to paint. When done, glue the seeds on the apple print to make it look like a real apple. Draw a stem.
Pick apples! we are going to an orchard to pick apples.