We have been working on our Fall books for the last two weeks and they will come home next week. The girls have been talking a lot about all of the things that happen in Autumn- have they at home? We have learned about leaves loosing their green color as the weather gets colder and about harvest.
we have continued to chat about corn and it's many uses. We learned that corn relates to Hispanic Heritage month because it was a gift from the Mayans from S America. We made corn bread and used corn meal as an ingredient. We learned cornmeal is made by crushing dried corn kernels until they are like sand. We talked about using the cornmeal mixture to make corn dogs.You can also use it to make corn tortillas . You use corn tortillas to make corn chips by frying the tortilla in corn oil and so on. Our small study of corn relates to Fall and to Hispanic heritage month.
For art we used black paper to cut out shapes to create a jack o lantern face, we used Fall colors to paint, and had a great time with Halloween stamps and ink.
For Fall and Hispanic Heritage music we downloaded the 5 little pumpkins song. We also checked out a Dora CD from the library. We love to listen to Santana' Oye como Va as done by Dora. You can imagine how cool we sound while driving down the road blasting that!
Next Week we will start to talk about Dia De Los Muertos- Don't forget your pictures!