The toddlers had a great time at the Zoo Summer Playdate!

We created a handprint monkey.

We had music with Ms. Joanie on Monday.

The toddlers went on an animal hunt obstacle course.  We had to cross the river of crocodiles!

Kona Ice on Wednesday!

A fork print lion craft on Thursday!

Each month, the afternoon preschool class focuses on a specific habitat for their science unit. February we learned about the African Savannah! While we learned about many animals, we had a whole day dedicated to the giraffe!

We started with an art craft- giraffe hats!

For literacy, we got our bodies moving with a Giraffe Letter Recognition Hop!

For Music and movement/ indoor recess, the kids participated in some African Animal Yoga!

We learned that the giraffe has a purple tongue! We tried to make our tongues purple by eating some purple candies!

African animal water play was out for the children during our independent center time.

We strengthened our hands and fine motor skills by making giraffe colored bracelets, cutting play dough and painting with Q-tips!

For math, we measured all different sizes of toy giraffes with unifix cubes

We have been talking about habitats in Preschool! This week we spent some time focusing on specific habitats such as; the desert, ocean, grasslands, and arctic. The kids had fun sorting some animals into their correct habitats! We discussed what each animal needed from their environment, and if they would be able to survive elsewhere.

This week our activities revolved around the zoo…From letters and numbers to crafts and science lessons!

To help us with correct scissor grip, we put smiley face stickers on our thumbs. The goal is to keep our thumbs to the sky, always looking to see that smiley face!

We had a visitor in our classroom last week! Ms. Katelyn brought in her pet ferret, Swiper for us to look at and pet!

WILD ABOUT ANIMALS

From Africa to Antarctica, we became part of the wild animal kingdom. We took an imaginary safari across Africa and looked through binoculars to see zebras, lions and more. We waddled like a penguin in the coldest place on Earth then we hopped on over to a continent with some unusual Down Under residents.

Visiting the African Savannah through our special binoculars!

Making snow for the Antarctic Habitat!

Carrying baby penguins on our feet just like a mama penguin!

Exploring the animals from “Down Under!”

What does Eucalyptus smell like and who LOVES to eat it?

What is a Marsupial?

Who can jump as far as a Kangaroo?

We have been working hard to strengthen our fine motor skills in the preschool room! Since we just visited Sunrock Farm, we added a farm animal twist to the lesson this week!

The Cincinnati Zoo came to our classroom today and brought two amazing animals to share with us.  The K prep students who attended all day were able to see two DIFFERENT animals in the morning with the Preschool Class…it was such a fun experience!  This afternoon we met Ghana the Hedgehog from Africa and a red footed tortoise from South America.