Pond Plants

For week 2 of Mother Goose Time's at the pond theme we learned about pond plants.  

This week for math Elli played Hornwort Hiding Spot.  She had to roll a cube and practice counting to move her fish.  The goal was to get to the hornwort plants before the raccoon caught you.  We also played a game similar to Uno, that involved matching either numbers or colors until you were out of cards.  She really liked this game.  The girls used foam pieces to work on patterning.  Unfortunately the pieces weren't the right size for the boards so this mostly just confused them. They had fun using the foam to make their own shapes though.

There are always lots of activities each month that work on literacy.  Elli played Phonic Pond.  We took turns rolling a cube and moving our frogs to the picture that matched the letter sound.  I read the monthly participation story to Elli while she acted it out.  Afterward she answered the comprehension questions.  She did some work in her my little journal.  We looked at the letter P and tried to find it in books.  This week the storybook of the month was introduced, At the Pond.  We also read some related books from the library.

The invitations to create that come every month are by far the girls favorite thing.  This week they used different mediums such as paint, stamps, tissue paper, shaving cream and glitter and made cattail pictures, lilypad pictures, their own mini pond, and algae.

Every monthly box comes with a puzzle.  This week the girls got to see what it was and worked together to build it.  We also started an ongoing experiment this week.  We have different foods sitting in cups of water.  The girls made predictions as to what they think will happen and we have been checking on them everyday to look for any changes.

We used the monthly celebration pack this week since St. Patrick's day will be here soon.  The girls wrote down items they treasure, colored rainbow pictures, made a leprechaun trap, and played a game where they threw gold onto a board and tried to get the most points.