Tuesday K - science and history

Science- the kids had fun with using their sense of smell. We talked about "odors" and how they can be pleasant or unpleasant and how different people have different opinions of that (Nadia loves vinegar and Quinn and Ella don't). They drew pictures of odors pleasant and unpleasant to them. It wa neat to see how they wanted to label the pictures- Quinn used choc chip cookies and smoke, Ella flowers and smoke and Nadia choc chip cookies and smoke. We also talked about how odors travel (using vanilla air freshener) and you can smell without using any other sense. We used the scents of popcorn, perfume, vinegar and onion.

In history we continued with Australia and learned about the "outback" and coastal city of Sydney. They made postcards to put in their suitcase of each. We read the book about the koala bear and opposiums and looked at Rachelle's pictures. We were able to see what we had learned about, the opera house, the outback, barrier reef and the animals, it was great!

In the end we had popcorn and played with orange scented play dough.