Birthday Day

Group Meeting:    Every day before group meeting, the children print their names in their name journals.  We finished another name journal this week.  Most of the children can print their names without any help and just a few need a little assistance. 

Story:  The story for today was a re-read of How Do You Lift  Lion? by Robert E. Wells.  I read this one again, because it gives good examples of how simple machines work. 

Small Groups:  It was Birthday Day.   The children made quesadillas for a snack.  We used two simple machines to make them.  The children used tongs to take the tortillas off of the plate.  After they added cheese, they brought them to the griddle to heat them and melt the cheese.  If they wanted, the children could put on oven mitts and use a spatula to flip the quesadillas.  Ask your child to tell you what kind of simple machines they were using.

Large Group:  The children watched a video about groundhogs.  This went with the Let's Find Out Magazine for this week.

Snacks:  The children had quesadillas and juice for a snack.  We also had birthday brownies!