Class Fun and Peanut Butter Playdough

On Friday students receive some free time if they get all their AR stories read for the week.

We have lots of different centers to choose from
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It is fun to learn, create and play.

These boys had the jacks out, but they weren't playing jacks. They had created their own game and it had to do with Star Wars.

Three friends playing with Legos.

These girls had all the rocks and the shells out and they were comparing them to the charts.

A big box of bugs can keep any kid happy.

Building with the Construction set is always a popular choice.

We had to say goodby to some classmates who left to join the new Second Grade classroom.

Two boys and three girls left that Friday. We will miss them!

We have been studying Matter- solid, liquid and gas. We experimented with peanut butter playdough. It make really crazy snakes.

Big ones and little ones.

and SCARY ones !!!!!

Here is another one or two.

After the snakes came the flat designs like this happy face.

This is two matching creations.

It was a sticky experience, but fun to take a bite of what you made.

We learned about the properties of matter. How would you decribe this example?

A solid can kees its own shape unless you change it, or EAT it.

We are all made of matter and we can create new matter like a dough handprint.

Perhaps a peanut butter pancake.

Maybe a face with a big nose.

Or a big eyed, lots of teeth flat guy.

When we thought about the properties of peanut butter dough we realized that it is a soft solid, that can spread, be molded and had a strange texture.

You can't see this well, but it is a perfect likeness of Shrek. We had lotss of fun experimenting with the peanut butter playdough. If you want to try it at home you mix a jar of peanut butter with one cup of dry powdered milk until it becomes smooth. You can add a little powdered sugar or honey for taste.

Learning, playing and eating your science experiment can be lots of fun.

This was a sticky experience, but we did learn and have lots of fun.