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Making Wheat Berries into Flour
This week we continue with our investigation on bread baking. We turned our focus on how flour is made. The teachers brought out wheat berries and invited the children to look at them and to touch them with their hands. … Continue reading
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The Tree, More Baking and Planning for Next Week
Hello Everyone: Thank you for coming to Open House Last night. We had such a good time meeting families and showing off our classroom and what the children have done thus far. Today, we visited the Liquid Amber tree again … Continue reading
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Making dough
After determining that the children are truly interested in the topic of baking bread through the focusing activity of kneading dough, we began our first investigation of the basic ingredients of bread making: flour and water. At group time, we … Continue reading
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Patty “bread”, Patty “bread”
We started our exploration of baking bread by kneading pre-made biscuit dough and making them in the morning. The children and the teachers talk about the texture, the smell, and the temperature of the dough. We repeated “Patty Cake” rhyme … Continue reading
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The Tree
Today we took our very first “field trip” to visit the tree that resides around the building (on Glaser’s side of the Center). It is a Liquid Amber tree that is starting to change color due to the shorter days. … Continue reading
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Environment Planning and Planning Web for Baking Bread Investigation
At the Child Development Center, we use the project approach as a way to guide our curriculum planning. We pick a topic for investigation either base on the interests of the children or from a teacher initiated interest. In the … Continue reading
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Polar Bear Polar Bear
Today we read Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do You Hear? during our morning group time. After the story was over, we asked the children to identify their favroite animal in the story. While some children shared verbally, others were … Continue reading
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Loose Parts and Planning for Week 4
The term “loose parts” refers to materials that are often used in open-ended play. These materials are meant to be easily transported by children and be used in multiple settings. Loose parts can be combined with other materials or used … Continue reading
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Environment Planning for Week 3 and a video of “Slippery Fish”
Hello Everyone: Here is the planning sheet for next week: week of 9.2.13 Just a reminder Monday is a holiday and the Center will be closed. Have a wonderful long weekend! The children have been singing “Octopus” (or Slippery Fish) … Continue reading
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Washing rocks
Open ended activities encourage children to explore and uncover knowledge. When engaging in an open ended activity, there is no finished product, and the focus is on the process. Today we invited the children to observe rocks found in our … Continue reading
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