We wrapped up our unit on oviparous animals (animals that lay eggs) with a visit from the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Acting out the butterfly life cycle!

The K prep class completed their nocturnal animals of the forest study!  The last animal we explored was the mysterious and often times misunderstood bat.  We read a variety of books about the bat to learn about the unique characteristics of this amazing creature.

We learned one way mamma bat identifies her pups is through her sense of smell.  We tested our own sense of smell by trying to find our own bat babies with the same scent as ours!  It was harder than we thought, we discovered that a bat must have an amazing sense of smell.

After identifying our bat pups we learned about the parts of a bat, wrote them and labeled them!

After learning about the bat’s unique characteristics we worked hard to read about them independently…then helped out the illustrator and added interesting details!

We wrapped up our bat unit with a special Wild Kratts episode all about our new friend, the bat!

We have been learning all about the nocturnal animals of the forests.  Today we learned that there are insects that are nocturnal, too!  We learned about the characteristics that make an insect and insect (head, thorax, abdomen, 2 eyes, 6 legs, and antennae) and about a special insect that sings songs throughout the night forest.  After reading The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle, we used play dough to make our own insects with all the parts!

What a fun literacy day we had with our “Big Pumpkin” book!

First, we read the story and reenacted it using picture cards.  We then were able to open up a real pumpkin and explore what was inside. Following the pumpkin exploration, we did a pumpkin art project and had a pumpkin snack!

Sorting Magnetic and Non-magnetic Objects

Magnets teach “cause and effect” and other important problem solving skills that are essential for developing early brain connections.