On February 2, a groundhog is said to forecast weather by looking for his shadow. If it’s sunny out, and he sees his shadow, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. On the other hand, a cloudy Groundhog Day is supposed to mean that we will have an early spring.  We curious about shadows so we watched how to make shadow puppets with out hands.

Then we went outside to see if we could see our shadows, and we did so . . . we predict that we will have six more weeks of winter.

In science, the children are expected to make exploratory observations using their senses.  We have been using the sense of touch to discover one of the properties of familiar objects – texture.  Texture is way something feels.  We can use words to describe different textures such as,

• Flat, smooth.
• Rough, bumpy
• Spiky, pointy
• Soft, fluffy
• Hard

In visual arts, we can use texture, one of the elements of design, to create crayon rubbings.

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In math, we have been exploring numbers to 5, and graphing and sorting.

We can count, show one-to-one correspondence, order and compare numbers, subitize (the ability to quickly identify the number of items in a small set without counting), estimate, decompose numbers (breaking a number into its parts) and form numerals correctly.

We can create concrete and pictorial graphs (bar and pictographs), classify and count objects in categories (sort), and explore probability (possible, impossible, always, sometimes never).

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The children are bringing home some of their math to share with you.