I Can Academy

05/21/2020

Hello All!!
Mystery Science is going to have a special live science show done by Mystery Doug this Thursday, May 21st. He's a science educator kids love. Please see the website link below:

https://mysteryscience.com/live

The show will be about 20 minutes long and will start at:

10am Pacific / 11am Mountain / 12pm Central / 1pm Eastern
Thursday, May 21

Make this part of your lesson plans, and share to help other teachers!

05/06/2020

What an beautiful surprise from our loving and amazing students and their parents! We are so blessed by each of you❤️

Ms. Jessy and Ms. Migui, the class wanted you both to know how very much we appreciate and love you both!! We are all so sad that we can’t be with you for Teacher Appreciation Week, but not a day goes back that we don’t thank God for blessing our families and children with you both! The love, wisdom, patience, and knowledge that you pour into each our children will undoubtedly shape them for years to come. You are both gifts and we appreciate you!!
Love,
The Families of I Can Academy, 2019-2020

05/05/2020

This is a great experiment to go along with the video on How do flowers bloom.
THE WALKING WATER SCIENCE EXPERIMENT:

Supplies Needed:
Small plastic cups or glasses
Paper towels (*read my tips below for picking the right ones)
Food coloring in primary colors
Water
* The pick-a-size paper towels are best because then you just use half sheets for each cup. If you only have full sheets, then cut them in half. I’ve also heard that more absorbent paper towels work better too. I buy the cheap store brand ones, and our water moved pretty quickly from cup to cup, so I am not sure how important that is. It may have moved quicker with something more absorbent though.

1. Place 7 cups in a row and pour water in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th cup. My cups were about 3/4 full. I have since heard that fuller is better.

2. Add 5 drops of red food coloring to the 1st cup and the 7th cup.

3. Add 5 drops of yellow food coloring to the 3rd cup.

4. Add 5 drops of blue food coloring to the 5th cup.
5. Take a half sheet of paper towel and fold it in half lengthwise and in half again lengthwise.

6. Trim off some of the length so that there isn’t too much excess paper towel that will stick up in the air between each cup. This will make the water walk more quickly.

7. Place one half of a rolled paper towel in the 1st cup and place the other half in the cup next to it. Then another paper towel from 2nd cup and into the 3rd cup. This continues until you have placed the last paper towel that drapes over from the 6th cup to the 7th cup.

8. Stare at the cups and watch what starts happening. You should quickly be able to see the colored water begin to crawl up the paper towel.

9. Don’t forget to do the first part of the recording sheet. Students will predict what they think will happen.

05/05/2020

Hello!! Here’s a great video on how flowers bloom and I’m going to include a science experiment after!

Watch the video to discover the answer to "How do flowers bloom in the spring?" and don't forget to vote for next week's question!

04/17/2020

Now that we know schools will be officially closed through the end of the school year, I wanted to share a video from Miss Lindsey from Dallas Childrens Theatre. This is one of our many field trips we take during our school year, and Lindsey is one of the actors as well as a teacher there and made this video for one of her classes and is sharing with schools. Enjoy!!

Miss Lindsey leads her students through a series of fun tongue twisters - follow along at home!

04/15/2020

One of my favorite early childhood authors! Eric Carle reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

See Eric Carle, the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, reading this classic Puffin picture book out loud. An exclusive glimpse of this incredible book an...

04/13/2020

Here’s a great video that explains Coronavirus easily to young kids.

Lots of parents have asked me for help in explaining coronavirus COVID-19 to their children. Here is a quick video that I hope will help explain what we curr...

04/09/2020

Good morning! Here’s a great link to our favorite authors doing storytimes!! How awesome to hear the authors reading their books!

https://coolprogeny.com/2020/03/operation-storytime/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=(cool)%20progeny&utm_content=%23OperationStoryTime%20-%20Your%20Favorite%20Authors%20Host%20Story%20Time%20Online!

One of the (cool)est things we've seen during the COVID-19 shut-in --- beloved authors are hosting storytime online via Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube!

04/02/2020

Such a terrific idea for kids and easy to do!! Great for kids to read, rest and use their imaginations!

This will keep the kids quiet. Under table hammocks.
Let us know your lockdown ideas and post them below!

The original photo was taken and shared by Lori Fredericks
This is her instagram! www.instagram.com/p/BB-uYI8DZPd/

The fabric came from Chicago based company
www.facebook.com/TekhniWovens/

Photo shared from SUPERPAPAPOULE. A French Facebook group with great ideas for parenting. www.facebook.com/superpapapoule1/

04/01/2020

Our read aloud today is “Wash Your Hands” by Tony Ross!