Candy Cane Creations

The holiday season is here and what is better to show our holiday spirit than exploring with candy canes!  Our preschool two class used candy canes to help mix paint together to create swirls just like on the candy canes.  They also took their candy canes and mixed them with baking soda and vinegar and watched how fast the candy canes dissolved in the solution. 

 

Growing the Grinch's Heart

Our calendar is full of fun and festive activities this month! We try to incorporate everyone's favorite characters on the calendar; from reindeer and jingle bells to the Grinch and, of course, Santa! The children loved mixing things up and doing a science experiment to 'Grow the Grinches Heart'! We talked about the size of his heart in the beginning and kindness being the real reason Mr. Grinch's heart grew. We learned what a chemical reaction is and then we got to work. Nothing beats a surprise reaction out of child! Their minds were blown when the bubbles starting filling up and the balloon began to inflate!