The animal we focused on today was the jaguar. Did you know that the jaguar is the largest of all of the cats in the rainforest? These animals have so many spots, how could we ever count them? Well, we did just that! First, we put the spots in numerical order, which practiced our counting to 16 and number recognition skills. Then, we glued the spots onto our jaguar.
In the rainforest, there are lots of animals that use their tails for practical purposes. One example is the monkey. Monkey’s swing from tree to tree using their tails. Today, Miss Krista, our zoo animal expert, introduced us to two animals that have significant uses for their tails.
Meet Angelina: She is a type of bird called a galaf. She likes to be in trees with bright pink flowers. She eats seeds, nuts and fruits. Her tail has two uses: to balance in trees and to help slow her down to land when she is flying.
Meet Cornflower: He is a blue tongued lizard. He uses his tongue to smell. He eats flies, worms, flowers and loves snails! His tail is used to help him climb rocks.
During the month of March, we have been working on the numbers 15 and 16. With counting to 15 and 16, working on our number recognition and one-to-one correspondence, the children have been hard at work. Today, Ms. Lori had the children do all of the above by writing the number 16, counting stickers and then sticking them, one by one, onto corresponding dots.
Writing our name in new and exciting ways helps keep children motivated to practice writing their names correctly. Today, Ms. Courtney showed the boys and girls how to use a stamp pad to write their names. Stamping each letter to mimic the direction that it is written, reinforces the proper way to write, along with the way we read (left to right, top to bottom).
The fine motor skills that Creative Tots preschoolers are capable of is impressive! These boys and girls have begun to master the skill of cutting. It is not an easy task, but the children are beginning to follow the lines, as well as realize that moving your hand to grasp the paper at better angles makes the cutting easier. Check out our very own scissor specialists!
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As we continue on with our rainforest unit, we have discovered all different kinds of animals that live in the different layers. Today, we used pom poms to make a pattern to create our very own, unique caterpillar. Using an ABABAB pattern, the children chose two colors to make their pattern.
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We had a top ‘o the morning by filling our bucket with the /o/ sound. All of the animals that we glued onto our picture began with the short /o/ sound. The children had a jolly ole’ time practicing the /o/ sound!
Did you wear your green today?? Our room was full of green, white and yellow as we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. Our day started off with a visit from a wee little leprechaun who left us not only a highly guarded pot ‘o gold, but some leprechaun dust, his shoes and hat!! We never did find him, but we sure enjoyed a piece of his chocolate coins. Here are some fun facts about St. Patrick’s Day:
-Leprechauns stem from Irish folktale. In Ireland, they are not associated with St. Patrick, which makes leprechauns an Americanized symbol of St. Patrick’s Day.
-St. Patrick is actually English.
-March 17 is the day of St. Patrick’s death, hence St. Patrick’s Day.
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