Week 18 Fish

Library is our main book resource for the weekly theme。 I check out many books about fish and ocean animals to read to the boys。
These are the books we read this week。


Evan decorated the fish as if it is a rainbow fish that he read about from the book。



Letter of the week： Qq

He made a queen for the letter Q。 I got this idea from a homeschool mom。

Science： Magic balloon
I found this fun experiment from a science book。 The materials can be found around the house。 One packet of yeast， some warm water， some sugar and a balloon。


First， we mixed the yeast with sugar and warm water in a glass bottle。 Shake it and put the bottle into a pot of warm water。 Wait for few minutes， the balloon starting to blow up as if someone is blowing it but actually not。 This is because of the reaction between yeast and sugar and the warm water produce carbon Dioxide。


He was so excited to see the balloon starting to become bigger and bigger。


I am starting to videotaping Ethan for each experiment as if he is doing a presentation about the whole process。




This balloon stop blowing up because the water is coolingdown。



Matching ABC。

They were counting how tall they are with the cards。

The fishing game： This is a easy to made game。 I use long chopstick or you can use any kind of long stick and tied it with a long shoe lace。 At the end of the shoe lace， I taped a magnet。

For the fish， crabs and seahorses， I drew them on different kinds of color paper and cut them out。 The boys help me to decorate them and putting different number score。
They competed with each other in fishing game and see who got more fish。 For bigger kids， they can add up the number on the fish and see who got the higher score。

Grouping： I asked Evan to group the sea animal into three group。 He grouped them into fish， seahorse and crab categories。





Art time： Painting with the play dough。