Letter V/Volcanoes

Today we talked about the letter V and volcanoes!

Visit Starfall for some fun Letter V activities!

Today we used a Letter V for volcano pack from Me and Marie Learning.  My son enjoys figuring out words that have v's in them and drawing pictures in the little books.

He also enjoyed doing more q-tip painting for the letter v which you can find to print here.

We watched some videos of real volcanoes.

We also made our own volcano in a cup with 1/4 cup baking soda and some white vinegar.  We did that about a dozen times.  He loved it so much he had to get his dad who was home to come watch.

Preschool Alphabet also has some fun volcano activities.

If all goes as planned we will finish up the alphabet by the end of the week.

Volcanoes in a Cup

The boys had a blast doing their own little volcanoes in a cup.  You can find this and more experiments with different mixtures here.

 We used small cups, white vinegar, baking soda, food coloring, and a tablespoon (any spoon will work), and a cookie sheet to keep the mess contained. All things that were hanging around the house already.

 I filled the cups about half way full of vinegar and then we added a little food coloring to make it more fun.  Then I let the boys take turns putting in some baking soda.  They had fun watching the "explosions".

 I had five cups that we had fun with.  Then we dumped them out and did it all over again because that wasn't enough fun.  In fact, my 2 year old cried when I told him we were done for the day.  Needless to say this activity was a success!