Science: Invisible Ink

Have you ever wanted to draw a picture that only you knew what it was because it disappeared? We did just that! We painted in lemon juice, let it dry, and finally watched as our pictures magically appeared after a trip to the oven. This experiment taught us about evaporation. As the lemon juice was heated, water evaporated away. The compounds that remained combined with oxygen and turned the juice brown.  (Katie chose to paint a Christmas tree!)

Peyton's Birthday Celebration!

Yeah! Peyton turned 5! She was SO excited to see the calendar change to March at the beginning of the month and she would happily remind all of us that it was her birthday month at every Circle Time! Carli brought in yummy, creative cookies shaped like 5's and P's, read us Pinkalicious (to accompany Peyton's Pinkalicious friend party), and shared some cutie-patootie baby pictures of Peyton. Happy Birthday, Peyton!

Science: Flowing Currents

The girls were absolutely amazed during this experiment to watch their hot water (colored water) rise above cold water and flow into the pitcher. The movement in the experiment is also called a convection current, but we mostly concentrated on the idea that heat rises. :)

Science: Electric Charges

Our  Science Theme for March started with an experiment that taught us all about static electricity and positive/negative charges. The girls were all giggles as they rubbed balloons on one another's heads (and their own). We also picked up paper dots and of course, ended with play time with our balloons.

Post Office Field Trip!

What a fun and interesting trip to the Frederick Post Office! I think the most exciting part was mailing their letters to eachother! Even Carston got a turn. (He mailed Ella's letter for her-with a little help from Trisha!)

Preschool Post Office!

After learning about mail carriers and the process of mailing a letter, we played post office! First, the girls addressed packages and stamped letters to funny characters. They mailed them in our own post office mailbox and then sorted them into the correct box (according to last name). Each girl had their own little town neighborhood of alphabetical letters that they were in charge of delivering their mail to. They took their jobs very seriously. They couldn't wait for the field trip!

Trisha's Birthday Celebration!

My Trisha Kate turned 5! I had to post these Halloween pics of Trish and Peyton when they were just beginning! Don't they look so cute?! So fun that Peyton and Trisha have grown up together.