Focus: The Erie Canal
Explore table: Which items sink or float?Literature/Listen:
We read the Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl Harness.
We discussed how the canal was dug and what it did for trade. In addition the children dug their own canal using sand and toothpicks as shovels- hard work!
Music:
We continued learning about rhythms through words and clapping. This week
we learned a new note- three eighths note ( silly word- pineapple). The children listened to the song "Erie Canal" and continued learning their special song.
Questions to ask this week: What was the Erie Canal? A long pathway of water that was dug from Buffalo to Albany, NY. Why was it built? To help the trade and selling of goods
