Music and Monsters

This week marked the end of our kid's summer reading program. So, Wednesday was our End of Summer Reading party, hosted this year by Judy Pancoast. This was the first time we had a presenter for the party and it went pretty well. The kids enjoyed singing and dancing with Judy. As is our custom for the party, each kid went home with two free books.

Today was our Monster Tea Party. Each kid got a monster hat to wear. Then, after hearing a story (Don't Play With Your Food), we made some monster tea. This involved scooping baking soda into cups filled with vinegar, food coloring, and (in one case) dish soap. We also added gummy worm pieces that had been soaking in baking soda water. Mostly, I just let the kids experiment freely. This actually lead to a brief discussion with one child about what causes baking soda and vinegar to foam (yay for impromptu science lessons). Once all the baking soda was gone and they'd had enough of mixing the cups of foam each kid got a small stuffed monster to take home. These were made out of t-shirt sleeves and a little fiber-fill.