The Frogs and the Stars

Space Day 2: All About Stars! 

Today was the Frogs' second day in space! We started our day by greeting our friends at the door, playing in centers, and then heading to welcome circle. During welcome circle we sang our good morning song, introduced ourselves to our friends, and then picked the special helper of the day. 

After welcome circle was finished, Miss Hayley taught the Frogs a new word: Constellation! She explained that a constellation is when the stars in the sky start to look like a picture if you connected the stars together. 

Miss Hayley with our book of the day!

Then Miss Hayley read our story of the day called Henry's Stars. The book was about a pig named Henry who lives on a farm. One night he looks up in the sky and sees the stars make a picture of a pig! He runs off to tell his other farm friends, but they dont see a pig. They see a cow, horse, sheep, and chickens. Henry gets discouraged because he can no longer see the picture of the pig in the sky. He walks away from his friends, and as he gets closer to home he can finally see the Great Pig in the Sky again! 

Miss Hayley reading our story of the day. 

This book taught us that no two people can look at something and see the same thing. That we can all see something different and that is okay!

The Great Pig in the Sky Constellation. 

After Miss Hayley read our book and we all said the word constellation again, Mrs. Holly came to help us with our written language activity. Today we used a Venn Diagram to compare land and sky. We took turns placing pictures of items that can either go only on land, only in the sky, or in both. 

Caleb putting a picture on the Venn Diagram.

After we did this, we all went to the table and filled out our own. Since we have done a venn diagram every week, the Frogs have really gotten the hang of it. Today we encouraged the Frogs to write sentences on the backs of their papers when they were done. 

Chander filling out his Venn-Diagram. 

After written language, it was time for bathroom, snack, and recess! Before lining up, Miss Hayley showed the Frogs a video about stars and constellations. 

Miss Hayley showing the Frogs the video. 

Our ticket out the door was to tell Miss Hayley our special vocabulary word of the day: Constellation!

Left: William playing with the trucks. Right: Miss Hayley helping Aashu jump off the beehive!

Chander, Nikhil, Grayson, Aarav, Garrison, and Austin playing in the sand. 

After recess, we came inside and it was time for art. For art today, the Frogs made two projects. The first project we made a galaxy bag. The Frogs each got their own ziplock bag and put blue water beads in to represent the sky. They then were able to add glitter and star confetti to represent the stars! After we sealed up the bags, the Frogs got black pieces of paper and star stickers. They were encouraged to form their own constellations after looking at the stars in their bag. 

Caleb showing off his constellation. 

After art it was time for science. To continue with the theme of stars, we asked the question, "What are stars made of?" Our two choices were gas and water or rocks and water.

Miss Hayley explaining the science experiment. 

After each Frog made their prediction, we went to the table and passed out water bottles. Depending on their choice, the Frogs mixed either rocks and water or gas and water. For this experiment we used oil to represent the gas in a star.

The Frogs predictions. 

Left: Miss Aris helping Nikhil pour. Right: Aarav, Chander, and Dylan checking our their star. 

After the Frogs had their ingredients mixed up, Miss Hayley held up a bottle with rocks and water, and a bottle with gas and water. She had each of the Frogs look at it and answer which bottle looked more like a star. The decision was unanimous that gas and water makes a star!

Miss Hayley comparing rocks and water with gas and water. 

After science it was already time for centers. The Frogs who mixed rocks and water had the chance to re-make their stars, so that they could take a "star in a jar" home with them. 

After centers were all finished, we took a bathroom break, washed our hands, and sang songs until the Frogs' parents came for lunch! The Frogs were so excited to see their family, eating lunch with them, and then showing them around our classroom. 

The Frogs eating lunch with their families!

After lunch it was time for closing circle and music. We sang a few silly songs that the Frogs love, and then it was already time to go home! Thank you all who attended parent day, it was great to get to talk to you and show you a little more about our day. Get excited for tomorrow, because Miss Aris will be turning us all into astronauts!