Happy Earth Day!
Today in Kindergarten:
We celebrated Earth Day by discussing the Earth as a whole and what it has to offer. This lead into different weather changes around the globe and what different parts of Earth look like.
A few comments we heard:
“There’s a whole lot of water!”
“This country here..is this where Naia lives?”
“Where do I live?”
We researched on the internet and found pictures of what Italy, Austraila, etc. look like. We saw a picture of a star fish which lead into an exploration of star fish. We found a video that we watched that let us know that there are over 200 different variations of star fish. Some star fish have as many as sixteen legs!
We used the globe as a guide for children to point out where they’ve traveled to.
Elizabeth took it upon herself to draw different parts of the globe. She used detail and even wrote the name of each country.
We wrapped up our fab this week by discussing what specific areas they’d like to learn more about. Tornados, volcanos, beaches, and geysers were mentioned. Elliott took his geyser idea and translated it into his journal. He informed his friends of the previous knowledge he has concerning geysers. We plan on diving more into this topic next week..
The rest of our morning was full of:
Magnatiles.
Puzzles (with concentration written all over our faces).
Outside time where we took apart our tulip!
We plan on planting the bulbs in the fall.
A few of our younger friends started working on pedaling! The bicycle circle was quite busy.
Wee Sprout– Carrots.
Breakfast– Rice cakes with sweet pea butter and pears.
Lunch– Cheese and refried bean quesadillas, carrots, and bananas/oranges.
PM Snack– Cottage cheese and pretzels.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 4/22