We explored volcanoes through our books as well as with a simple science project. We used non=hardening clay to wrap around our snack cups. In the cup, we used a coupe of scoops of baking soda, red food coloring, a drop of Dawn dish soap and 1/4 cup of vinegar.
We also explored fossils by creating our own with a simple salt clay recipe. The children shaped the dough and then pressed their dinosaur in the dough to make an indentation. We baked the dough at 250 degrees for up to 3 hours to harden our "fossils".
The light table had a lot of activity this week. Every time somebody asked if they could lay with the light table, we had at least 2-3 children creating together. The results were absolutely beautiful and the creativity of the children seemed endless this week.
Another sensory activity included dinosaurs, eggs and fossils in colored rice.
Our art projects included making dinosaur tracks and making dinosaur imprints in play dough. We also referred to a video I will post at the end that taught us how to name our own dinosaur. The children drew their own dinosaur and chose their own names.
Through our books, we learned about Paleontology and learned how to classify dinosaurs as either herbivores or carnivores.
We finally had nice weather at the end of the week so the children spent large chunks of time outdoors. I know we will be doing the same next week as we continue our look at dinosaurs. I will leave you with the video we watched as inspiration for our dinosaur names.
