Zoo Animals

What a fun week. This is the first year that LAP has done zoo animals so I had so much fun exploring the theme and finding new and fun things to try. We worked on the letter Zz and the number 4. We even had fun making elephant toothpaste!

Thursday:

This was the first time these kiddos got to attempt ordering their names. I decided to give this a try...I don't expect mastery and this is an activity we will focus more on after Christmas. This was fun for them because once they ordered their names correctly it made a fun zoo animal.

Gal of the day!

hand print giraffe!

I found a new letter hunt and the kiddos rocked it! This was more challenging than the ones I have made in the past...they proved to be up for the challenge!

Working the number 4!

Tracing 4 with their fingers...

adding 4 sticker!

matching game...Great counting sweet girl!

Perfect!

team work!

zoo yoga!
http://www.pinkoatmeal.com/zoo-yoga/

The kiddos had a blast making different animals!

Friday:

Our special guy of the day...I put his hat on and his sweet noggin was bigger than mine! He must be full of lots and lots of smart brains! :)

A sweet special gal! She loved sharing the pictures of her new sweet twin sisters!

I took these pictures of the sweet kiddos on Thursday...and then printed them out.
They turned their sweet faces into roaring lions!

I hung these masterpieces in the hallway!

sunshine, friends, and bubbles!

Making our Z into a zebra...they had to use their strong fingers to tear the paper to make its stripes. This is an easy and amazing fine motor skill to build strength in their tiny fingers. The smaller they tear the stronger their hands are!

Staircase counting once again this week. I can already tell they are gaining a great understanding of numbers 1-4. It is important to build number sense so kiddos know value and how numbers work. We started with number 1 and they added 1 animal cookie...then 2,3,4! 

So smart!

Tracing and stamping our letter of the week!

Science time...
Making elephant toothpaste!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qvi20J5IM

The kiddos had a blast making predictions of what was going to happen. This was super fun!

They all agreed this isn't the toothpaste for them! 

We had fun this week with zoo animals. Next week we will explore leaves! I won't be here..but Sweet Mrs. Jaime will. Enjoy trike-a-thon and fall break!