Tot School
May 2012
Sea Life: Week 4
BIBLE VERSE:
“The sea is His, for He made it. And His hands formed the dry land.” Psalm 95:5
(Corresponds with a great song from Songs for Saplings: ABCs)
· S is for sailboat. (See Art Connection below.)
· S is for seaweed. (cut different strips shaped like seaweed from different textured materials and
have you tot glue onto paper.)
Tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle"
Sail boat, sail boat in the sea
won't you come and carry me
through the ocean, through the bay
to a place that's far away
Sail boat, sail boat in the sea
won't you come and carry me
For this activity you will need:
· construction paper triangle
· construction paper half circle
· construction paper rectangle
· glue
· blue construction paper
To make: Have your tot identify each shape and its color and then glue them down in the
appropriate places to make a sail boat.
The girls have really mastered the art of squeezing glue onto paper! They are understanding the concept of spreading the glue out to cover the whole shape. Both girls are even finding the long term satisfaction of keeping the glued items on the paper rather than immediately trying to rip what they glued back off! Both girls were able to identify the colors red, yellow and blue. Brown was still a challenge. They were able to identify the triangle, but not a half circle (hard concept) or the rectangle. We haven't done too much work with names of shapes yet. We will have to incorporate more of this in the months to come! June Bug proudly showing off her sail boat picture! |
Floating Sailboats~ WE GOT A WATER TABLE!!! If you don’t have a water table, you can
fill a plastic bin with water and have your tot float the toy sailboats, plastic seaweed from
a pet store and sea creatures.
Sensory Bin~ continued from previous weeks
FOOD FUN: We did quite a few food related projects this week. Yum!
What you will need for this activity:
· Apples (cut in half)
· Peanut butter (or any nut spread)
· Pretzel sticks
· Cheese, cut in a triangle(or any fruit/veggie)
To make:
1. Cut the apple in half.
2. Spread peanut butter on the fleshy side.
3. Stick a pretzel stick into the apple and put cheese/fruit/veggies through the top of the
stick to create a mast.
Leila LOVED these stuffed eggs! June Bug took one bite, spit it out and said, "I don't like it." I personally didn't care for them either, but I have never been a double stuffed egg fan. My husband, on the other hand, loved them. So I guess you either love them or hate them! They were fun to make regardless. We also mixed thawed organic frozen blueberries into organic plain yogurt to create our "sea" for the sail boats. | Stuffed Egg Sailboats What you will need for this activity: · 2 hard boiled eggs · 1 tsp apple cider vinegar · 2 tbsp organic mayonnaise · ½ tsp mustard · cheese, cut in the shape of a triangle To make: 1. Slice hard boiled eggs in half. Remove yolks and use a fork to mix yolks with above ingredients. 2. Stuff egg whites. 3. Place a triangular shaped cheese slice on top to create a sail. |
Seaweed Sushi
I was trying to think of activities that we could do pertaining to seaweed when I got the idea of making vegetarian sushi! I found a great simple "make-it-at-home" instructions on a website called Home Made Simple (click to check it out!)
What you will need for this activity:
· nori, aka dried, edible, seaweed (Whole Foods sells it, as does many local ethnic food
markets)
· Japanese or sushi white rice (different than your typical American rice)
· cucumber
· avacado
· vinegar
· sugar
· soy sauce
· sushi mat (thin bamboo strips used to push sushi together)
To make:
1. Rinse sushi rice in a fine strainer, until the rinse water runs clear. Then, cook sushi rice
according to package directions.
2. In a small bowl, combine vinegar, sugar and 1 teaspoon soy sauce. Transfer rice to a wide
nonmetal bowl (preferably wood, ceramic, or glass) and sprinkle with vinegar mixture,
tossing gently with a large spoon to combine. Cool rice, tossing occasionally, about 15
minutes.
3. Cut up cucumbers and avocados into thin strips.
4. Place 1 sheet of nori, with the shiny side down, on the sushi mat, with a long edge of the
sheet nearest you. Gently press about ¾ cup of rice onto the nori, leaving a 1 ¾ inch
border on the side farthest from you.
5. Arrange your ingredients in even strips horizontally across rice, starting 1 inch from
side nearest you. Beginning with the edge nearest you, roll the mat over so that the upper
and lower edges of rice meet. Then squeeze gently but firmly along the length of the
partially rolled up mat. The nori border will still be flat on mat. Open the mat and roll log out to seal the rest of the nori border.
6. Move the roll, seam side down, onto a cutting board, and cut the log crosswise into 6
pieces with a wet, thin-bladed knife.