Contact_FullName: Darcy
Contact_Email: cassiaflower33@hotmail.com
date:: 10/16/02
Area: Columbus Day
Idea:
The children just loved learning about Columbus day. (It was my birthday
anyway). But I did the cute rhyme "in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."
There was a picture of Columbus on the internet. We talked about the 3 ships and
how the people thought the earth was flat. We looked at spheres and circles
around the room.
Contact_FullName: sharon
Contact_Email: sharons1313@cs.com
date:: 10-7-01
Area: Holidays under Christopher Columbus
Idea:
Theme; Christopher Columbus, we always do this in October and use the letter C
as our theme. I let the children look at the globe, and trace the path the
Christopher Columbus took. Then we talk about what they thought it would be like
to find a new land, and how they would live. (no stores or houses). We talk
about the Indians and how they helped Columbus and we also talk about round and
flat. We make 3 boats and sail them on a round object and then on a flat object
to see what would happen. We talk about corn and how the Indians help the
settlers learn to plant. We make corn muffins out of jiffy corn mix and pretend
to be settling in new land.
