Over the past couple of weeks, the kids have been noticing the increasing numbers of ants, which has sparked an interest in them. So naturally, we spent a week learning about them.
We learned about the types of jobs that ants have, what ants eat, what their ant hill may look like on the inside, how strong they are and how they take care of each other when they are hurt.
We made our way up NoseHill twice this past week, the second of which the kids were very excited to be allowed to climb up the stairs to their newly discovered ant hill from last week. They took their magnifying glasses with them to get a closer look. We were all very interested to see what was on the underside of the rock that someone had placed on top of the ant hill since we last visited it. Very neat!
For a few arts and crafts this week the kids painted egg carton ants and threaded pipe cleaners through for legs, painted tape resist ant hills and glued black beans to represent the ants within the tunnels of the ant hill, and made paper ant puppets by piecing together circles they cut.
We learned about the final letter of the alphabet this week! And practiced building letters using our magnetic pieces. We have building our names frequently with tiny wooden letters; some are working on their last names by choice!
We played a game where you roll the dice, read the number and put on the correct amount of beads, as well as took the dog for walks, played with dinosaurs in the park, and explored nature areas.
We learned about the types of jobs that ants have, what ants eat, what their ant hill may look like on the inside, how strong they are and how they take care of each other when they are hurt.
We made our way up NoseHill twice this past week, the second of which the kids were very excited to be allowed to climb up the stairs to their newly discovered ant hill from last week. They took their magnifying glasses with them to get a closer look. We were all very interested to see what was on the underside of the rock that someone had placed on top of the ant hill since we last visited it. Very neat!
For a few arts and crafts this week the kids painted egg carton ants and threaded pipe cleaners through for legs, painted tape resist ant hills and glued black beans to represent the ants within the tunnels of the ant hill, and made paper ant puppets by piecing together circles they cut.
We learned about the final letter of the alphabet this week! And practiced building letters using our magnetic pieces. We have building our names frequently with tiny wooden letters; some are working on their last names by choice!
We played a game where you roll the dice, read the number and put on the correct amount of beads, as well as took the dog for walks, played with dinosaurs in the park, and explored nature areas.
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