Making Salsa

One of our reading groups read a book last week called Making Salsa.  It seemed like an obvious connection for us to MAKE SALSA!  The class was pretty excited to use a knife (!) but several expressed some concern about eating...VEGETABLES!!!!  Haha!  I assured them that they could eat just chips BUT if they tried the salsa they just might like it!  It turns out...the salsa was a big hit!  I truly believe that it was only because they slaved over the salsa themselves!  It got a big thumb's up!
Click here to see them making and eating their salsa!

Ready For Radio?

Today I taught the class a fun song!  It's called "Be Kind To Your Web-footed Friends" and it's just silly and very short!  They giggled and laughed and we shot this music video so you could see how fantastic our Friday was today!

Click here to watch the video!

Measuring With Popsicle Sticks

As you can see, we do a lot with popsicle sticks!  And because we often have them all over the floor, I warn the class early on that these particular popsicle sticks do NOT belong in their mouths!  This math lesson helps children practice measuring using nonstandard units.  They used popsicle sticks to measure a rug, window, table chair, and a friend!  See more pictures by clicking here.