Playing games makes learning fun. Who is Hatching? Toss the pom pom onto your game board, then match the hatching turtle with the site word, letter or number.
Jellyfish are a type plankton. "I know plankton from Spongebob" Groups of Jelly fish are called a "bloom". Jellyfish look like an umbrella. Some Jellyfish are transparent and can be nearly invisible to the naked eye. We thought this was a really cool video to learn about Jellyfish.
We tried to pulse our bodies to "swim" like a jellyfish.
Scientists recently learned that 2 of an Octopus's arms are actually used as legs to walk across the ocean floor. An octopus has no skeleton but it does have a skull to protect it's brain. An octopus has the ability to camouflage itself by changing color. What letter does the Octopus remind you of? We have been working on the letter O, writing and counting to 8.
There is a commotion in the ocean. We are doing the jelly fish jiggle. Dance n' Beats is an add on to our regular curriculum. The kids love to sing and dance along with the dvd. " Dance 'n Beats is a research-bashed program that helps children learn 21 movements that increase muscle control , encourage physical fitness and foster a joy for learning.
They love to dance.
We learned that there are thousand of animals that rely on coral reefs to survive in the ocean. Fish, lobsters, clams, seahorses, sponges, and sea turtles are only a few of them.
We learned that Whales are mammals like us! They have lungs just like humans do. They use their blowholes to breathe in air. We pretended to be whales. We used a straw to to blow out air. We blew cottonballs, feathers, and paper around the table using our straws. We then used the straws to blow paint around our whales to paint them instead of using brushes. So fun.
We finished up our Outer Space unit this week. We learned so much about the planets, what they are made of and which planets have life on them. We absolutely loved learning about Astronauts.
We made our own rocket ships and flew them around the room.
This week is Spring Break for us which means we have a few less of our regular kids and a few more of our school age kiddos. It's been beautiful here so we've spent lots of time playing at the park.
Having Epic Star Wars Battles
Creating Sidewalk masterpieces
blowing bubbles
and hunting for eggs.
we still fit in our morning Circle Time routine. We love to sing and dance.
We started Mother Goose Time Ocean Commotion this week with a super cool Science Experiment. We learned that the ocean is made up of Salt Water which is not good to drink. We examined the difference between clear fresh water, water we added salt to, and water we added sugar to.
We observed how the water changed in color, smell, and clarity . The sugar dissolved, but the water looked slightly cloudy. The salt water became very cloudy. It was hard to see through.
Almost everyone thought the salt water smelled and tasted gross.
How many of us have been to the beach and collected shells? We created an Oyster shell.
We strung beads on pipe cleaners to make our Oyster Pearls.
More Ocean Commotion to come. Happy Easter.
Congratulations to our Book Hop Giveaway Winner Laura!
This way we save paper and get lots and lots of practice in. We use dry erase markers along with printables from 
They are so much more durable than standard crayons.
