Rice Babies!
This was probably the most exciting thing we did!  We each made a rice baby that represented how much we weighed at birth.  The children made the babies look as much like themselves as possible.  They really had a good time and learned a lot about babies!
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 We filled out birth certificates with our babies information! 		 big baby.jpg (74407 bytes)
We were babies 
of all sizes!		 rb16.jpg (75267 bytes)
Babies need a lot of sleep!
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Some babies looked JUST like us!		 rb10.jpg (58470 bytes)
We learned how to hold a baby!
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Babies love kisses...		 rb14.jpg (71294 bytes)
...and hugs!		 rb13.jpg (60512 bytes)
We have to keep them dressed warm!
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And make sure you support their heads!		 rb18.jpg (91793 bytes)
 Isn't he precious? 		rb11.jpg (72098 bytes)
Just like 2 peas in a pod!
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Hush little baby!		 rb2.jpg (72488 bytes)
They love to be rocked!
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What proud parents!		 rb3.jpg (63471 bytes)
More proud parents!
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Red hair runs in the family!		 rb5.jpg (78825 bytes)
Goochie Goo!
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A dirty diaper?		 diaper2.jpg (84198 bytes)
How many does it take to change a diaper?		 rb6.jpg (67981 bytes)
How sweet!
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We had a baby swap!		  

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 Is yours heavier or lighter?
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We measured our babies...		 Mvc-018f.jpg (62562 bytes)
...and compared their lengths!
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We used different things to measure...
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...and talked about the difference!		 Mvc-019f.jpg (82848 bytes)
At least the babies were still!		 Mvc-020f.jpg (63763 bytes)
Measuring from head to toe!
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We played a lullaby and put the babies to sleep in their nurseries! 		girl nursery.jpg (78908 bytes)
Me Boxes!
We each made a "Me Box" that contained 5 things to share about ourselves!  We learned a lot about each other, our families, our interests, and more!
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Learning About Me!
We participated in a variety of activities to learn about ourselves and each other!
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We colored and graphed our eye color!		 eye graph 5.jpg (66546 bytes)
 Then we made a bar graph of the eye colors!
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We read "A my name is..."		 a my name is 3.jpg (86642 bytes)
And we sorted our names by the first letter!		 a my name word wall.jpg (61847 bytes)
Then we put our names on the popcorn word wall!
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We read "Leo the Late Bloomer" and made flower blooms!		 bloom2.jpg (63846 bytes)
We've really learned to do a lot of things!		 bloom3.jpg (73688 bytes)
The petals told all the things we can do!
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We made a class book of our favorite colors!		 fav color graph.jpg (58185 bytes)
Then we made a Favorite Color Graph!
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We made "Me" books at home and shared them!		 me maps.jpg (54925 bytes)
We also made "Me" circle maps!		 me flow map.jpg (59062 bytes)

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We made flow maps of how we grow!
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And sang a song about how we grow! 		thumbody special.jpg (40171 bytes)
 Each of us is "Thumbody Special!" 		birthday graph.jpg (90182 bytes)
We made a Birthday Graph!
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We made paperdolls to look just like us! 		paperdoll2.jpg (85191 bytes)
We dressed and decorated them!		 paperdoll4.jpg (82215 bytes)
And had to guess who was who!