Preschool - Week 23 - Letter V

This week was brought to you by the Letter V and the Number 40. :-)

Books:
Visiting the Vet: Learning the V Sound by Carson, Janet.
Vicky the Vet by Brooks, Felicity.
Vacation Under the Volcano by Osborne, Mary Pope
Earthquakes (Natural Disasters) by Michele Ingber Drohan
Volcanoes by Leslie Dinaberg

Here's what we covered:

Language Arts:
- Letter of the week craft: (a vase, with flowers cut out of magazine pages)

- Worksheets (Initial Sound V, KidsLearningStation, Kidzone, HandwritingForKids)

Math:
- Number 40 worksheet
- Larger/Smaller Numbers Worksheet

Science:
- Volcanoes - yes, the long awaited volcano week has arrived! The girls have been looking forward to this for so long. We read books, watched videos, and of course, did some volcano experiments!
- Experiments:
First, we broke out the kit that Aunt Sharon got the girls for Christmas:

It has materials for two volcanic eruptions - one is to be a mock "underwater" volcano, using a test tube, and the other one involves creating your own volcanic island and using a dropper to make it erupt. These were very colorful and exciting!
We also made a traditional volcano, using a dixie cup, alum foil and paper plate.





- Videos:


- Science Journal page:

Social Studies:
- Veterinarians (read books about vets and talked about their job)

Sight Words:
- vase, volcano, very, violin

Snack:
- Vanilla wafers

Music:
- Vivaldi (violin music to boot!)