Creative Projects to Be Green

Sometimes I go to the library story time or science time. Here in science time we read a book about recycling and not having too much stuff. We made a project afterward out of old cardboard and newspaper. It was a cool idea to use stuff we already had! I made a boat!

-Zachary

Astronomy

January 17-21

Art

• Painting with stamp paint the solar system
• Making a Mobile of the solar system (Hobby Lobby craft kit, comes with cool poster!)

Music

• How Many Planets- They Might Be Giants
• What is a Shooting Star- They Might Be Giants
• Why does the Sun Shine-They Might Be Giants

Science Experiment

Planets Going Around a Drill- Teaches about how the earth goes around the sun.

Movies

• Squibs by Ignite Learning, In Space: Earth, Moon, Sun and Beyond (very captivating for the kids although it was a lot of information for him and didn't sit past 30 minutes. At the SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY
• You Tube: Space Shuttle Launch
• Solar System Slide Show (home made from Google Images)

Imagination

• Put on astronaut costume and drove his home made spaceship. Joystick and old computer keyboard while watching the space shuttle launch.

Baking

• Cut out stars in jello (idea for next time)

Staying HealthyS

January 17-21

Books

• Bernstein Bears Too Much Junk Food
• Text Book

Art

• Cutting out food from magazines and making a balanced meal.

Music

• Vegetable Rock (Songsfotteaching.com)
• Popcorn- Greg and Steve
• Dem Bones

Activities

• Print out food pyramid and laminate. Use during meals.
• Played soccer in backyard.

Winter/Winter Animals

January 10-14

We did not do a lot this week but we did do a few things. We will be trying to do one big theme week every month and then do a few small theme based activities the other weeks.

1. Books

• The Winter Visitors

2. Art

• Paper Snowflake

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/snowflake/

3. Movie

• Disney Nature Migration- found at our library