Clouds

Back in July Hailey was working on a science journal.  She had wanted to do school all summer long, but then soon after this activity she decided she needed some time off and we never came back and finished our study of clouds.  Here is what we did back in July:

Hailey filled out her Observing Nature sheet and she took some pictures of the clouds in the sky.

We read this book about clouds.

Then she cut out some pieces to make a poster about the water cycle.

It turned out so cute!  (Printables found at The First Grade Parade.)

Then yesterday while Hailey was off of school (and wanted to do a day of homeschooling to see what it would be like) we did this science experiment:

Cut a 2 liter bottle in half.  Put warm water in the bottom, we added blue food coloring to pretend it was the ocean, but that is not necessary.  In the top of the bottle add ice, then put the top of the bottle into the bottom of the bottle as pictured.  After a little while condensation will start to build up and later on in the day we had enough condensation that it actually “rained” a little bit.

George Washington

 Since it was President’s Day, Hailey did some activities about George Washington.  She made this book about George Washington, we read a lot information about him and she answered some questions about what we read.  Then Hailey made this Craftivity I found at A Cupcake for the Teacher.  I changed ours a little bit by using cotton for his hair, but it’s the same basic idea.

Hailey had a lot of fun making this.

We had also talked about Abraham Lincoln so we reviewed a little about what we had learned about him.

Then we made a Venn Diagram about the two presidents.

Hailey also made this paper about what she would do if she were the president.  She wrote; “I would… help people get out of serious fights and tell my mom and dad all the secrets.”

Bee Mine

 I saw this cute Valentine’s Day Bumble Bee craft over at A Cupcake for the Teacher.

Hailey glued black stripes onto a yellow piece of paper.  Once she was done adding the stripes we cut out the oval to make the bumble bee.

Hailey added a face.

She also added arms, legs and wings.

Then she added two hearts that say “Bee mine.”

Soooo cute!!

Hailey also drew this Valentine’s Day cupcake and wrote, “My cupcake has alien eyes and Rudolph’s nose and sprinkles on it.”

With a Cluck Cluck Here…

…and a cluck cluck there…

Continuing with the farm animal theme, we made chicken handprints this week.  I saw this idea at Handprint and Footprint Art.

I painted Hunter’s hand white, which he thought was very funny.  I didn’t expect him to do it, but he clapped his hands together when I did it… resulting in 2 painted hands 🙂  Once the paint from his handprint dried I just added the head, feet, etc.  Hailey was using water colors at the table at the same time so I just used her water colors, but I would probably not recommend that as the colors really faded when the paint dried.

Hailey made a handprint chicken too!

I love handprint and footprint art… it’s really not that messy, especially if you’re prepared with some baby wipes right at the table with you.  Plus it’s such a cute keepsake!