Thursday, March 6, 2014

Read Across America Week Part 1

This week we had a great time celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday and kicking off Read Across America!  We read lots of great books and had fun exploring Dr. Seuss' world.

 
One of our favorite activities was making Oobleck!  We read the book Bartholomew and the Oobleck.  The children loved it and made lots of predictions about about what Oobleck was.  
 
 
First, we used our senses to describe the Oobleck.  Then we got down and dirty exploring the gooey, green substance!

 










 
 
We made a chart to compare our predictions with what we actually discovered.
 
We also used what we learned about Oobleck to talk about solids and liquids.

 



The children decided that the things in the middle could be both solids and liquids.
 


Finally, I asked the children if they thought it was possible to walk on Oobleck.  Only one friend thought it was possible. 

 
 
Watch the video below and see who was right!