All about Gardening!

I know I say this each and every week...but it is always true...what an awesome week! We had so much fun learning about flowers and gardens. We even planted some seeds of our own! I know they are anxious for their seeds to start growing. We talked about what seeds need to grow...and how seeds are just like us!  We worked on the letter Zz and continued with numbers 0-10.

Thursday:

Loving the gardening sensory bin!

Lego time

Making thumb print bugs for our flower pots...

labeling the parts of the flower...

Painting our "All about Me" flowers...

 Friday...

Planting some seeds...

Aren't these the cutest bugs ever!?!?

They got to choose flowers or herbs.

letter hunt

giving a zebra stripes by tearing paper! Such a great fine motor skill!

Our amazing growing flowers!
I just had to display them in the hallway!!

Next week we will be working on butterflies and insects!! Bugs galore!!

Pond life...

The kiddos enjoyed learning about life cycles of pond creatures like frogs and ducks. We worked on the letter Qq and continued numbers 0-10 (with a focus on 6 this week).

Thursday:

Painting our very own Frankie Frog...
I want them to know that they can do anything they put their mind to...Just like Frankie!

Finally some sun!!!

Mrs. Laura...the sun is in our eyes...hurry with the picture!

so sweet!

Life cycle of a frog headbands

Picture Perfect!

Friday

Spur of the moment "ring around the rosies"

Our frogs and lily pads!

A friend brought in real tadpoles for us to explore

so cool!!

playing hop the frog...

She made it!!

lily pad counting and tangram puzzles...

What a fun week. Next week is all about the garden...

Ocean

Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful spring break. I spent it with lots of family time...inside of course with this crazy weather!

This week we covered the ocean theme. What a fun theme to come back to. We worked on the letter Oo, a focus on number 8, and even had some fun science!

Thursday:

After reading A house for Hermit Crab we made hermit crabs of our own!

He looks thrilled to get his hand prints done! 

I see you!

Independent Oo dot sheet

letter hunt.
We also sorted cards Ocean Creatures vs. Non Ocean Creatures

If we could be an ocean creature...what would you be?

Exploring different ocean animals...

How an octopus protects themselves!
We watched this short video and recreated it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjZ2k1Qm3bA

We had fun exploring this book, Actual Size
This is an actual size of a giant squid's eye...

Actual size of a salt water crocodile...

Actual size of a great white shark's teeth

Ocean Yoga!

Friday:

Paper bag jellyfish

Let's fly a kite!

The kiddos had a blast flying this big octopus kite! It was the perfect windy day!!

Playing in some sand...

O is for orange...

Can you hear the ocean?

Yes...this is by the work of Mrs. Laura. Did you know I was such a great artist?
The kiddos rolled the dot cubes..counted the dots, and added food to the fish's belly!

Great counting!

Now to add some food to its belly...

Our hermit crabs!

 What an amazing week. Next week we will cover Pond Life!

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