This week’s book of the week is entitled Dan the Flying Man.  The children came up with a list of other things that fly.  We took that list and categorized the items into four different categories: vehicles (spaceship, airplane, helicopter, jet, hot air balloon, and space shuttle), animals (chicken, bird, butterfly, fly, bee, ladybug), people (Superman, Dan, ghost?, Buzz Lightyear, Batman), and toys (kite).  Putting things into categories can help children organize information and/or ideas.  For an art craft, the children are making butterflies using coffee filters and markers.  The children colored the coffee filters with the markers.  When they were finished, they dropped water drops on it using a pipette.  Using pipettes helps develop fine motor. After it dries, they will pinch it together and use a clothespin for the body and a pipe cleaner for the antennas.