PL Stuff

Plantpet by Elise Primavera was kind of a weird book, but it was great when we made plantpets.

Activities

Planets



We took a piece of black paper and made stars with a toothbrush and watered down white tempera paint. Then I took this idea from Ehow: Use the pinky to create a red dot for Mercury, the ring finger with yellow for Venus, the ring finger with blue for the Earth, the pinky with red for Mars, the thumb with orange for Jupiter, the thumb with yellow for Saturn, the middle finger with green for Uranus, and the pointer finger with blue for Neptune.

I thought it turned out pretty cute.

Planetarium

We went to the Clark Planetarium.

Plantpets



I wanted to do these during GR week as grassheads, but I never made it to the store to buy grass seed. This week, however, we read a book named Plantpet, so the projects worked well as a PL activity.

Cut off the end of a nylon stocking, leaving about four inches. Spoon about 1 Tbs of grass seed into the bottom of the stocking. I added roughly 1/2 cup of dirt from my backyard at that point, but various websites recommended sawdust. After tying off the bottom of the dirt, we added a rubber-banded nose. Other images on the internet had rubber-banded ears, too. Googly eyes helped complete the effect. "Dress" a Yoplait yogurt cup with paper, buttons, anything you want. Fill the cup at least half-way with water, and place the head on top of the cup, letting the nylon dangle in the water. The nylon will serve as a wick. The grass will begin to grow in about a week, provided you keep the water level above half-way.

Treasure hunt. plane, planets, plates, pluto. The treasure was Good and Plenty. I was certain he wouldn't like it. I was wrong.