Levers

Group Meeting:  This week, the simple machine that we will study is the lever.  We watched a very short video about how a lever works.  We learned the word fulcrum. Children have brought in several examples of levers such as a lemon squeezer, tongs, wrenches, and a garlic press.

Story:  The story for today was How Do You Lift a Lion? by Robert E. Wells.  This book is a simple explanation of how a lever, a wheel, and a pulley work.  Children use a level to lift a lion, a wheel to pull a panda, and a pulley to deliver a basket of bananas to baboons. 

Large Group:  The children got into pairs to experiment with a stomp board which is a basic lever.  The children placed a bean bag on one end of the lever and stomped on the other.  Ask your child to tell you what happened to the bean bag.  I managed to get a few pictures of the children in action.

Letter Learning:  The letter for today was Vv.

Snacks:  The morning snack was Belvita bars and milk brought by Sawyer.  The afternoon snack was apples and cheese sticks brought by Silas.  Thank you, Sawyer and Silas!