As we head into the last week of September I'm amazing at how fast the school year is going already. Students are now getting into regular guided reading sessions with teachers and we are beginning to find our groove. I'm so excited with the planning I see going on with teachers and staff throughout the building. Our students are challenged in so many ways and one way to continue that at home is to spread the love of science! Tonight my son Austin and I cut up apples for his lunch that he will have tomorrow at daycare. He remembered that one time when I packed him apples that he didn't want to eat them because they got "brown". I talked to him about how the air sometimes turn the apple brown after I cut it and it sits overnight. After he explained that he would not eat them if they were brown:-) I told him maybe we could find a way to keep the apples from turning brown. We looked on the internet together and found some information that told us if we squirt some lemon juice on the apples they will not turn brown as quickly. SOOOOOO now we have an experiment going at home We have one group of apples with no lemon juice and one set with lemon juice. He is going to decide in the morning which one he wants to take with him to daycare because lets be real I want him to eat the apples:-) We took a simple discussion spent some time reading about it and had a really fun afternoon thinking about why these things happen. Part of being a literate person isn't just reading about things it's THINKING about them. Reading is thinking and we need to engage our children in more of it!! So get out there and create something!!
In our ongoing celebration of Hispanic Heritage month there are numerous books available in the media center in dual languages! Take a moment to try something new!
Have a great night thinkers!
Mrs. Del Balzo
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