Our PreSchool Blog

With our study of Ponds well under way, it was time to learn about a turtle!!!

The Red-eared Slider Turtle made a trip to our classroom.  They don’t have any teeth or saliva.  Their shells are different than a Painted Turtle.

“I see it’s red ears!!!”

We drew a big circle to make our turtle’s shell.

We are so excited to take home out Red-eared Slider.  Be sure to ask your kiddos some fun facts!

Time to learn about the Pufferfish!!!

Miss Sarah compared the size of the fish inflated vs. deflated.

Can you submerge the inflated Pufferfish?!

Pretend you’re an Eel trying to attack the deflated Pufferfish.

Now try to be the Eel with the inflated Pufferfish.  That’s tricky!!!

We have been talking about the different traits of the Giant Panda of China.  To the touch, their fur feels oily. This oily protective coating helps protects giant pandas from the cool and damp climate in which the bear lives.

Today we colored the black patches of fur with oil pastels and then blended it with our fingers and oil.

Miss Sarah was back this week teaching us all about The Giant Panda.  She brought in a live bamboo plant and one that has been cut and dried.  We discussed how there were similar and different traits of the plant.  It’s hollow!  That’s where it stores the water the Panda’s drink when they bite into it.

We also talked about how much food the Panda eats…40 pounds of bamboo a day!!!  That’s a lot of food, as much as most of our Preschoolers’ weigh!  We certainly had trouble picking up that much weight.

The cut and dried bamboo was smooth and hollow.  We did a lot of science discovery with our senses!

Next up…practicing our balance!  It took a lot of muscle control to balance on the board like a panda balances in the tree in order to eat and sleep.

Science with Miss Sarah is the best!!!

Wednesday was a special day with a special treat.

Happy Birthday Miss Sarah!!!

We were introduced to the Dung Beetle.  It lives in the Sahara Desert.

The Dung Beetle uses it’s hind legs to roll the ball into it’s burrow.

We watched the Dung Beetle in it’s habitat.

After we rolled the clay into balls, we pushed it down into the burrow.