Helium launch.

Lego space shuttle
Today as a follow up from launching our own Helium balloons we watched this video of a large helium balloon carrying a Lego space shuttle and a camera up into near space.
We also drew a picture of
CO2
Drawing 6 circles for Carbon, and 8 for Oxygen and comparing it to Helium with only two.

We will have to make some balloon molecules as well.

We also looked at how air when it gets hotter spreads out linking this to the hot air balloon festival in the Wairarapa this weekend.

At Ryan's request we went on to look at mud pools and lava, and this lead to us rubbing our hands together for friction to make heat.

Tether ball

Muzzle loader

Little Rockers

Following on from our Ukelele work I've been putting out a Ukelele and playing my own one. I usually get joined by several children one after the other and I take them through some easy ukelele chord songs. This afternoon I did some blues freestyling and was joined by Emily. She had her own song she wanted to sing, and when this ran out of steam I stepped in and it became a turn taking jam. Hugo M and Savannah Joined us as well, then Ryan stepped in and later Gareth.

They all had some great moves. Aware of the noise factor we moved to the other end of the kindergarten and I did try some quieter tunes about trees and how kind and gentle mums are, but this wasn't to be. I demonstrated how to work what was happening or said around us into tunes and rhyme. As we lost steam I suggested we could watch some rock videos on Youtube. The children agreed and Emily specified girls, so I found Blondie and the Bangles, Ryan enjoying the boys on the guitar with Blondie.

Craft day at Waipawa Museum

Saturday was a fascinating day to step back in time, here's some of what everybody who went saw.

Cork Guns 2

Fire Engine Parade

Lots of familiar faces at the parade on Saturday, for those who missed it we videoed it and watched it again at kindergarten today.