Contact_FullName: Lisa

Contact_Email: jlthomp@thegateway.net

date:: 03/05/03

Area: new theme-up, up and away

Idea:

We do a themed week called "up up and away" we make kites, windsocks, hot air balloons, paint with balloons, etc. On Friday of the week the kids all set off balloons with the daycare address on a self addressed and stamped envelope ( I put envelope in a Ziploc bag to protect it) I hook the bag to the string on the balloon and if or when someone finds it they can mail it back to us. The kids love it and we have had a lot of success of getting balloons back with letters, about 50% and some far away!

Contact_FullName: Leslie

Contact_Email: offthegrid2010@aol.com

date:: 01/28/03

Area: Big and Little-Misc.

Idea:

You can use this in relation to a unit on balloons as well. Draw one big balloon on a piece of poster board and then draw one little balloon on the poster board. Have your children try to identify which is big and which is little. Then use real balloons. One big one and one little one. Pass them around and ask each child to try and tell you who is holding the big balloon and who is holding the small balloon. It's really simple but it works well.

Contact_FullName: Pam Rider

Contact_Email: misspammy0107@yahoo.com

date:: 3/30/03

Area: balloons misc.

Idea:

Bring in 1 helium filled balloon for each child and have them go outside and let the balloons go! Watch the balloons as they disappear out of sight! Then go back inside and read "Where Do Balloons Go?" by Jamie Lee Curtis. What a great way to get the imagination flowing!

Contact_FullName: Laura

Contact_Email: mclean_laura@hotmail.com

date:: 1/21/02

Area: Balloons

Idea:

My class was absolutely mesmerized by the book- "The Blue Balloon" By Mick Inkpen. It is a very creative pullout book about a little boy and the imaginative fun he has with a blue balloon. I read the story with a blue helium balloon in my hand. After reading the story we went outside and let it go up in to the sky. The children loved it!