Good Afternoon!

For kindergarten sign in, the three kindergarteners had to search throughout the environment to find animals that lay eggs, also known as oviparous animals. A few of the animals that children found were snake, lizard, alligator, and chicken!

K.4.2: Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

In K/PREK1 group, we read ‘The Tiny Seed’ which shows how a seed turns into a flower. We watched as seeds sailed throughout the sky, eventually settling on the ground, and blooming into a flower come spring time. Afterwards, we looked at a visual of the life cycle of a flower. Tomorrow, we’ll dive into flowers more! For now, children had to say aloud the name of a flower and a few flowers that were shared were tulip, rose, sunflower, and morning glory.

K.4.2: Observe plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different.

To go along with our animal theme, we created a river habitat for imaginative play exploration.  We used tin foil to make a river through the middle of our tray to hold water.  Next we added gravel to create the banks.  We added plants and moss along the river edges.  Last we chose animals that might live in or around rivers.  Frogs and tadpoles could be added to the habitat.  We talked about how frogs lay eggs in water and a tadpole hatches from the egg.   The tadpole  must stay in the water at all times, but as it grows legs and lungs, it can start to come out of the water.  As an adult the frog can be both in and out of the water.  We used this information in our play.   Dragon flies were another animal we could choose for our river habitat.  We learned that dragon flies also lay their eggs in the water and live in water as larvae much like frogs and tadpoles.

We kept the ocean shore line habitat alive in the sensory bin today, using turkey basters to wet the gravel shore line.  We added animals that might live there like an octopus, a shark, a lobster and a sea turtle.  We talked about what kinds of animals might live in the water all of the time and which could live in both places.

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with cinnamon and fresh apples.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with whole wheat flatbread, fresh watermelon, and fresh carrots/cucumber.

PM snack– Hummus and blue corn chips.

Wee Sprouts– Fresh carrots/cucumber.

Have a lovely evening!

-WF Teachers

Link to pictures: 2023-04-19