Recycled Robots

Last night I asked the kiddos what they wanted to learn about today and Aidman shouted "Robots". I have no idea where that idea came from, but I decided to roll with it.

This morning we watched several how it's made and youtube videos of all different types of robots. We talked about what robots are used for and how they all do different types of things. They kids were fascinated!

Then we decided to make our own robots. I set out different size boxes and canisters that I have been saving, buttons, google eyes, wood pieces, etc.

And they got to work. They choose the items and placed them where they should go and I hot glued it for them so that everything would stay in place better. They used school glue to attach buttons, eyes, etc.

Aidman's robot is made to help clean house! Notice the clothes pins that he added as hands to pick things up. This is a boy after his mother's heart!!

Lyssy made a climbing robot.

AB also made a climbing robot.

They have been playing with these robots all day and it has really sparked some GREAT imaginative play!!

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Rr is for Rocket

Today we made Rockets for the letter Rr. The kiddos are having a fun time flying them around.

First I cut out shapes on colored paper and wrote a number (1-7) on them, then I took a piece of paper and drew the shapes and numbers on it. See the faint pencil on the black paper?

Then the kiddos put the correct number shape on the paper and glued it on.

It's very simple, but the kids have been counting on the shapes and then screaming BLASTOFF and flying the rocket around.

Orange Juice

We LOVE orange juice in this house, especially freshly squeezed oj. Maybe it's because we have grown up surrounded by orange groves.

We had some oranges that needed to be used so I got out all my juicers. Each of the kiddos go to try each method of juicing.

A manual juicer.

An electric juicer.

Hand squeezed juicing.

The kiddos had so much fun making the orange juice and even more fun drinking it!

Rainbow Rice

Today we made colored rice to put in the sensory table for the letter Rr. As soon as it was in the bucket Aidman says "hey mom, it's the colors of a rainbow!".

To get it colored, put rice in Ziploc bags. Add a capful of rubbing alcohol and 4 or 5 drops of food coloring. Shake the bag around to get the color mixed good, then put it in an open container and let it dry for about an hour so the alcohol smell will go away.

If you've never let your kids play with uncooked rice before, you should! Lyssy played with it for over an hour and a half throughout the day. She LOVED it. We even took it to Aidman's t-ball game to occupy her while he played.

Red Ribbon Rr

I don't know where I got it or when, but I had this paper ribbon in my craft closet. So I let the kiddos Rip Red Ribbon and incidentally they were Rectangles.

Aidman is ALWAYS making funny faces! Especially when he's doing projects.

Letter Rr Lessons

This weeks letter is Rr. You may notice that I don't seem to go in any sort of order with the alphabet. It's because I go along with whatever letter Aidman's 2 day a week preschool is doing and I try to make sure that I'm not doing the same activities. This is great for reinforcing what they are doing there as well as getting Lyssy involved.

Rr

Art:
-Red Ribbon Rr
-Shape Robot and Rocket
-Rainbow Mural

Science:
-Rice in sensory tub
-Plant Radish seeds
-Recycle and Reuse

Math:
-Ramps and Racetracks
-Count and sort (by size) Rocks that we find outside
-Red Rectangle Hunt (around house)
-Color chip Rainbows

Cooking:
-Rice Krispie Treats
-Go to a Restaurant

Movement/Outside:
-Run a Race

Literacy:
-Rhyming