The children completed their first eBook, "Talking Numbers." Each child had to pick up a number card and then search for that number in the classroom. Using the ChatterKid app on the iPad, they took a picture of the number and then recorded their voice to make the number talk. They had fun making the book and love watching the book play.
Have you ever thought about how tall a penguin really is? I looked up the size of an emperor penguin and I was shocked! I often think of them as "knee-high" creatures. Not four feet tall! I asked the children how tall they thought they were and they showed me. They were much closer than my guess.
After learning a little about the penguins, we tried to balance a baby egg (orange, lemon or pear) on our feat like the daddy penguins do. That is really difficult to do. We were better off squeezing the egg between our ankles.
On Wednesday, when I brought the children back from music class, I stopped at the door and told them to pretend like they are hungry birds. "What do birds eat?" "Worms!" I told them there were lots of worms on the rug (colorful pieces of thread). They had to find as many as they could in 1 minute and bring them to me. They scurried about finding lots of white, and a few blue and red worms. I told them they missed many more worms on the rug. The blue and red worms are camouflaged on the blue and red parts of the rug. Then they went back and found more worms. That is how animals survive. They blend in to their surroundings to sneak up on their prey or to hide from their enemies. We also read a book and watched two videos of a robin building a nest and some beavers building a dam. Animals are quite fascinating.
The children then painted their own pet rock and made a cozy habitat for their creature. They loved doing this activity! Some of them gave their pet rock and name. (Sun, Fiona and Chip were a few I remembered.)
Below, the children are making habitats for their pet rocks. They took this very seriously.