video cameras

We want to know

-how video cameras are made? how can they get video in the scope?
how is the battery made? how do you open them? how can you take videos?
what's inside video cameras? how do you hold them? are there different
ways to hold them? are there different kinds of video cameras?

What we did
Poem
"I Took My Dog to a Movie"
by Graham Denton

I took my dog to a movie
My dog was gripped throughout

He didn't shuffle in his seat

He didn't kick about

He fixed upon that picture
And he followed every scene

Not once was he distracted
From the action on the screen.

He sat there captivated
As he watched the plot unfold
From the moment that it opened
Til the closing credits rolled

Yes, I took my dog to a movie
And a chord it must have struck
It's really most peculiar
He didn't like the book!

http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-414.html recorded the boys Ezra wanted to record all of the "Jake and the Neverland Pirate" songs he knew. Jake is his favorite. He gets to watch it once or twice a week at: http://disney.go.com/disneyjunior/jake-and-the-never-land-pirates/jake-and-the-never-land-pirates-videos-episodes. We learned that video cameras work with light

Easter

What we did

Song
Bunny Hop
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_9?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=bunny+hop&sprefix=bunny+hop

Tinseltown Players- Children's Songs

Learned dance for the Bunny Hop:

-tapped their right foot twice

-tapped their left foot twice

-put their hands up like bunnies and bounced twice

-hopped three times

Song

"Did Jesus Really Live Again"
LDS Children's Songbook

http://lds.org/cm/catalogalphamp3/1,18331,4768-1,00.html

Talked about Easter Symbols

Bunny- multiplies- spreads gospel, new life

Chick- new life

Petting Zoo

Saw and fed baby animals at the petting zoo. Rode on the ponies, went on a wagon ride. Played with friends.

Made "egg" cupcakes

Easter egg learning

I wrote on slips of paper different school things we've been working on and put them in plastic eggs. They took turns choosing eggs and both did the activity.

-Here are a few. Do 14 jumping jacks, spell your first name, recite the turkey poem, do the bunny hop, count to 20, spell sat, etc. They enjoyed the break from the normal school routine.

Paint

What we did

Song
"Let's Paint a Picture"
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=paint+kids&x=0&y=0

It is a fun song about colors. The kids found the colors talked about in the song and held them up as we sang-
red- touch your head, blue- touch your shoe, yellow- touch your elbow, brown- point to the ground, black- reach for your back, green- look really mean, white- show your teeth so bright, pink- let me see you wink

watched
elephant painting a picture- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk, I wonder if this is real
tall painting from Alyssa's blog- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6egUsZvWu4&feature=player_embedded#at=12
Spiderman- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJNvKjQHv8I&playnext=1&list=PL513FEC4F07BB8C5D

First Day
dyed Easter eggs

2nd day

Jello and Whipped Cream Finger-Paint

we wrote each letter in the paint

3rd day- wood paint


4th day- painting rocks with flour paint



Flour paint
1/2 c flour
1/2 c water
blend and add food coloring
*be sure to rinse the paint brushes out as soon as your done or the flour will gum them up.

5th day- watercolor on glass jars and paper