Hershey Kiss and Science Experiments

Hailey made a Hershey Kiss for a cute Valentine’s Day activity.  I cut out a Hershey Kiss shape from an old file folder.  Hailey wrapped it in foil and then taped it to the back.

Hailey added some eyes to the kiss.

The finished Hershey Kiss.

We did a little color mixing experiment.  We froze different colored hearts using food coloring.

Then we put the hearts into clear cups, waited for the ice to melt and checked to see what happened.

Once all the ice melted Hailey filled in our color chart to see what would happen when certain colors were mixed together.

Then we did an experiment with snow.  Hailey filled a cool whip container with snow and we brought it inside to see what would happen.

Hailey checked it every hour and made predictions about what she thought would happen next.

Once it was all melted we poured it over a coffee filter to see what would happen.  We talked about why the bowl was full of snow and why the water was much lower and we talked about why there was dirt on the coffee filter.

I took pictures of Hailey checking the snow and wrote down her predictions/comments each hour.  This will be made into a little booklet.

Letter of the Week- Letter P

Our letter of the week last week was the letter P.  Here are some of the activities we did:

We looked through fliers and found things that started with the letter P and Hailey cut them out.

Hailey colored letter P  word cards, cut the pictures out and then glued them onto index cards.

We do these for every letter.  When it’s all dry I staple it together and make a little book.

I saw a cute P is for Peacock over at No Time for Flashcards.  Hailey used her Do-a-Dot markers to decorate the feathers.

The completed P is for Peacock.

Hailey practiced writing the letter P and circled words that started with P.

We made a piano- Hailey drew some lines on a white piece of paper.

She cut some black strips of paper and glued those on.

The completed P is for piano.

We added the letter P to our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree.

Hailey practiced her shapes on this pizza coloring paper.

Then we made a pretend pizza- Hailey painted a paper plate red then added all sorts of toppings.

The finished pizza.

For more fun ideas to do with your preschooler, check these out:

Colors and Shapes

Since Hailey knows all of her colors we don’t really have a color we focus on for our activities.  But this week as she was coloring she noticed that when she colored with a yellow crayon on blue paper that it looked green.  She was pretty interested in the change that took place, so we decided to experiment using some paint to see what happened.

Mixing the yellow and blue together to see what happens.

Hailey also knows her shapes but I try to plan some activities to make sure she doesn’t forget what she has learned.  So, last week we did this circle activity:

We played a modified game of Twister.  I would spin the wheel and she would either put her feet or her hands on the correct colored circle.  Hailey loved it!

Then she decided that her stuffed animals and babies would like to play too.  She’d spin the wheel, get a color and then put each baby on the correct circle.

Letter of the Week- Letter V

We have not been around much lately as we are doing some work on our new house and preparing to move in.  We only had time to get one activity done this week.  Our letter this week was the letter V and we made a V is for Volcano craft.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper, glue, scissors, marker

Make a large “V” and a whole bunch of little “V”s.

Glue the V onto the construction paper.

Add the little “V”s- and try to make them look like the lava coming out of the volcano.

The completed Volcano V.