Volcano / V Week

Last week was "V" week in our home school preschool. When I was preparing for it the weekend before, I thought it would be hard to come up with things to do that start with "V". Boy was I wrong! There are tons of totally fun things to do that start with "V". On Monday we talked about volcanoes, looked at erupting volcano videos online (WOW!), then built one ourselves. We used a coke bottle, and I made the clay to form around the outside of the bottle. The boys thought it was great when the orange "lava" started coming out. Joshua wanted to go get his plastic animals to watch it with him (that's what is in that box on the table).


Throughout the week we also studied about violins, veterinarians, Vikings, and vultures. Fun stuff. Then this past Sunday we were are some American friends' house. Their 10 year old daughter plays the violin, and she got it out and played a demonstration for us. The boys were absolutely fascinated. They had never seen a real violin before, though we had watched an online demonstration of one being played. It was really fun to watch them be so interested like that. Their fascination with music and instruments is due, in part, to Little Einsteins, which (in my humble opinion) is one of the best cartoons ever made for preschoolers. My boys love it, and they learn a ton from watching it. Yay for Little Einsteins! And yay for "V" week!