Thursday, January 30, 2014

Book List for Grace, Courtesy, Friendship and Valentines

Grace, Courtesy, Friendship and Valentines
Day It Rained Hearts
By Felicia Bond
The Pigs’ Wedding
By Helme Heine
Slugs in Love
By Susan Pearson
Toot & Puddle The New Friend
By Holly Hobbie
Toot & Puddle You Are My Sunshine
By Holly Hobbie
Kisses
By Nanda Roep & Marijke ten Cate
If I Could A Mother’s Promise
By Susan Milord
Friends
By Helme Heine
Tarra & Bella
By Carol Buckley
Never Too Little to Love
By Jeanne Willis
Hug Time
By Patrick McDonnell
When You Are Happy
By Eileen Spinelli
You and Me
By Martine Kindermans
Cookies Bite-size Life Lessons

By Amy Krouse Rosenthal


Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Blasting into Outer Space!

3,2,1 BLASTOFF!!  Harmony Preschoolers have had such a wonderful time learning about outer space.   Some of our most favorite activities have included blasting off rockets, making moon sand, creating our own special constellations and making a Harmony rocket ship!  Please enjoy the pictures of Harmony Preschoolers making magic.  














Thursday, January 9, 2014

To the Moon and Back: Book list

To the Moon and Back!
On the Moon
By Anna Milbourne and Benji Davies
The North Star
By Peter H Reynolds
Space: For Kids who really love Space!
By Sarah Powell
On Earth
By G. Brian Karas
Touch the Earth
By Jane Baskwill
Roaring Rockets
By Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
Earthdance
By Joanne Ryder
Thank You, World
By Alice B McGinty
Max Goes to the Moon
By Jeffery Bennett
The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
By Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
Papa, please get the moon for me
By Eric Carle
If You Decide to Go to the Moon

By Faith McNulty 

Time for Slime!

It's time for Slime!!  Our new theme at Harmony Preschool is discovering Outer Space.  A great way to celebrate our new theme is by making slime with your Preschooler.  This recipe is sticky, gooey and oh so fun!    

Ingredients
  • Water
  • Elmer's Glue (white liquid school glue)
  • Borax (can be found in the laundry detergent aisle of most grocery stores)
  • Food Coloring
Directions
  1. In one bowl mix 1/2 cup of water with 4 oz. of Elmer's glue (most containers are 4 oz. so you will just want to squeeze out as much as possible from the bottle).  Stir everything together until it is nice and smooth. Set this mixture aside.
  2. In another bowl mix 1/4 cup of very warm water (heat in microwave for about 1 minute and 30 seconds) with 2 teaspoons of Borax.  The water needs to be warm enough that the Borax will completely dissolve when stirred.
  3. Add the desired amount of food coloring to the water and Borax mixture.  You want to make it much darker than you intend for the end result because it will lighten a lot when mixed with the glue.
  4. Stirring the water and glue mixture constantly, add the water and Borax mixture in.  Stir for a minute or two until it is starting to all come together.
  5. Mix everything together with your hands until it forms a solid ball and has absorbed most of the water.