Back Yard Adventures :Bubbles & Boats

Message from Mrs. Bennett-Jervis

Using your marker board, please write down your guesses for the Mystery Reader before clicking on the link. 

Mystery Reader #1

If you want to check out more kid-friendly facts about bubbles, check out this link https://kids.kiddle.co/Soap_bubble


Literacy and Math Behaviours



Make a list of all the fun things that you have done outdoors.  You can draw pictures and label or make a list with numbers.

Go to Epic and read "Bibble and Bubbles" https://www.getepic.com/app/read/65207


Go to Epic and watch the video about how to make bubble solution https://www.getepic.com/app/read/67116

Using the recipe provided in the video, make homemade bubbles or use your own bubble solution.  Can you blow a big bubble, small bubbles, count how many bubbles you can make at a time.  How many different ways can you count the bubbles?

Write instructions how to make the biggest bubble.  You can do this in many ways.  You could have a parent take pictures and you can label what you are doing in each picture or you can do it as a procedural writing piece with steps.  

QU are Stuck Like Glue

Q Has a Best Friend U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCr7VPh7ym4

Jack Hartmann "New Sight Words 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZjrcG9pW0

Please pick one of these literacy options that best suits your child's ability and/or interest:

Bubble Trouble Game

Make a list of all the words that you can think of that rhyme with "Cake",   "Small", and Frog.  Remember, if you can write one word in a family, you can write many!

Math Talk

Number Rhymes

Messy Math: You will need a variety of containers and a big bowl.  Students will guess how many small containers it will take to fill the large bowl.  This activity can be done in a water play, kiddie pool or sand box.  SK's should record how many small containers the big one will hold to give them an opportunity to write their numbers.  This can be done with sidewalk chalk, their marker board or as a paper and pencil activity.  JK's will focus on counting and retaining the number.

Please pick one of these numeracy options that best suits your child's ability and/or interest:

 Popping Bubbles to 20 Song  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRwUMD8UQK4

Using your bubble solution, blow bubbles and count how many you make with each blow.

Complete Bubble Kindergarten Math Page attached in email.

Belonging and Contributing


Think of all the people you are thankful to have in your "bubble" or your world.  Using a big piece of paper draw a bubble, now draw all of these people who you are thankful for.  Be sure to include their names.  Take a picture of the art and text or send these pictures to all of these people.  Another option would be to draw a bubble and inside draw a picture of each person that is important to you and be sure to tell them why they are special to you.  Send that individual picture in the mail to that person.


Create a backyard game like Tic Tac Toe with the wood slab and painted rocks or use your sidewalk chalk.  Ask a member of your family to play with you.


Self-Regulation and Well-Being

Try your hand at making a healthy snack that you can enjoy in your backyard.  Here are a few pictures of snacks that you might want to make.

  

Poppin' Bubbles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBlXPWM8AI
  
Bubble Wrap Rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqoxc9pBGD4

Here is an art project for you using bubbles.  Soap Bubble Art Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaZbLvRp-HU

Problem Solving and Innovating


Conduct your own sink or float experiments.  This activity can be done both inside or outside if you have a large basin.  Find a collection of items that you would like to "test".

Be sure to make your predictions before you conduct your experiment.  Create a T-chart with two columns "Sink" and "Float".  Try to draw the object, write the first sound you hear in each word, or stretch out the whole word.  Have fun testing your objects.  Remember to give yourself a check mark if you predicted correctly.

Go to Epic and read "Sinking or Floating" https://www.getepic.com/app/read/52642

Using everyday items build your own boat.  Remember to think about using materials that are water resistant so they won't get water logged.  Some suggestions would be styrofoam trays or containers, aluminum cans and foil, cork, or plastic bottles.  Test it to see if it will float. If it doesn't float, what could you change and then try again?

If your boat floats, how many pennies will it hold before it sinks?