Last weeks Little Saints Preschool Theme was "My Five Senses."
We
never are able to get to everything that is suggested in the teachers manual (although I do try!), and sometimes (if I am feeling ambitious!) I substitute or add additional projects, books, games and poems of our own that work along with the theme.
One of the variations we did this week was add a fun introduction to the five senses called "
Popping Popcorn."
I had the children feel and look at the the unpopped kernels. We then read a poem The Popcorn Song by Nancy Byrd Turner (Found on page 45 of
Favorite Poems Old and New
) and sang the popcorn song as we popped the popcorn.
The Popcorn Song
Pop-pop-pop, said the popcorn in the pan,
Pop-pop-pop, you can catch me if you can.
Pop-pop-pop, said the kernel white and yellow.
Pop-pop-pop, I’m a happy, dancing fellow.
Pop-pop-pop, I can dance and skip and hop.
Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop!
The children got to
see,
smell and
hear it as it popped.
After it was done popping, they each got a bucket of warm popcorn to
touch and
taste.
We talked about what the popcorn looked like(blossoms on trees, etc...). Captain even found the "Easter Bunny!" (what do you think? It is pictured to the right)
It was lots of fun and my children were begging to "do it again," even before they had finished eating their popcorn!
Here are a few of the other things we did this past week:
Storytime
We Read:
Various Searching Books (What do you
"see" and for playing Eye Spy!):
Arts & Crafts
"See of Galilee Touch Picture"
by Rascal
by Twinkle Toes
by Chiquita
Homemade Texture Cards
We did a few other fun things as well. My children love this program.
The girls pretty much have the Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes song down, and I wanted to
video them again, but hubby has the camera now. (Unfortunately I still have the memory card... oops!)
I also had hoped to make a
Five Senses Lapbook with the girls, but I
was lazy was not that ambitious had too many other things going on desperately needed to scale back and
give myself a break last week, since I am (and will be) on my own for awhile...
Here is what happens when momma leaves the room for a second and a scissor happy little girl cuts too much! 
These are part of the Snowy Day Lapbook from Homeschool Share.
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