What a fun week exploring nature! We discussed living and non-living and the life cycle of some pond creatures.
Monday...
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| Gumby had some fun adventures with this guy! |
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| You may hear your kiddos chanting this poem at home! |
This story has a powerful message, "You can do anything you put your mind to!" |
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| So we made some "Frank the Frog(s)" of our own. I know these kiddos can do ANYTHING they put their minds too! |
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| Next we learned about the life cycle of a frog. |
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| When we finished reading the story we made a life cycle wheel. |
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| Great job sweet buddy! |
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| For math we played "slap the number" Mrs. Trina laid out 3 numbers..she would call out the number and the kiddos would slap the number she called out. This is a great way to teach number recognition. |
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| I've got it!!! |
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| We also used pattern blocks to make animals that live in a pond. This was a great activity for so many reasons...fine motor skills (picking up the pieces), identifying colors and shapes, and being able to manipulate the shapes to make the animal. |
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| hard at work! |
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| Pond exploration |
Tuesday...
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| We began the day by reading this super fun book. We discussed living and non-living creatures. One thing you can do at home that I did not do at school is create a mason jar pond. Fill the jar with rocks, dirt, sticks, leaves, water, worms, frogs...and let the kiddos investigate it! |
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| Our hand print ducks. It never gets old painting these sweet little hands. They always smile and giggle and tell me that it tickles! |
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| gluing on that google eye... |
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| gotta add those feathers! |
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| Dot that Qq... |
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| Next we ordered the life cycle of a duck...Which came first the duck or the egg? |
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| We then made life cycle wheels. |
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| They all knew what came next... |
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| Next we revisited the life cycle of a frog and discussed the words, "first, second, third, and fourth" |
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| We then worked on scissor cutting and how we hold scissors. |
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| Finally we did a living and non-living picture sort. |
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| rocks! |
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| This smart buddy knew that rocks are not living! |
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| Great job smart friends! |
What a fun week! I can't wait to see what we will get into next week!
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