Since we learned about penguins last week, it was only fitting to learn about animals at the opposite pole of the Earth. We sure learned a lot about Arctic animals this week! I love all of the questions they kept thinking up; they just wanted to know everything they could! There are so many animals, land and water to learn about that live in the Arctic, and we needed to know what they eat, how they stay warm, who their predators are, what type of home they live in, how they use their body characteristics to their advantage and many other things. It was really excited to see a few videos of the sounds beluga whales and walrus' make as well as the way Arctic foxes hunt for lemmings.
The kids worked on matching, sorting and making complex patterns on their own! They also drew narwhals with a patterned tusk in their journals.
We have been practicing storytelling using mini picture/word puzzles. And to see them bring out this box of puzzles during their free play and all take part in creating stories together was so wonderful! So many skills were being worked on; teamwork, taking turns, letter recognition, letter sounds, sequencing parts of a story, and creativity/imagination, to name a few.
Some weeks there is always something that the kids seem to gravitate towards during their free play. This week there was lots of puzzling, playing board games and reading together. Some of my favourite things to watch little ones do.
Our letters this week were E and H.
There was also some penguin sliding, brush exploring (and lots of burrs to pick off clothing) and play dough playing.
The kids worked on matching, sorting and making complex patterns on their own! They also drew narwhals with a patterned tusk in their journals.
We have been practicing storytelling using mini picture/word puzzles. And to see them bring out this box of puzzles during their free play and all take part in creating stories together was so wonderful! So many skills were being worked on; teamwork, taking turns, letter recognition, letter sounds, sequencing parts of a story, and creativity/imagination, to name a few.
Some weeks there is always something that the kids seem to gravitate towards during their free play. This week there was lots of puzzling, playing board games and reading together. Some of my favourite things to watch little ones do.
Our letters this week were E and H.
There was also some penguin sliding, brush exploring (and lots of burrs to pick off clothing) and play dough playing.
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