What a fun week it has been! We learned so much about Penguins and of course pretended to be all sorts of penguins, big and small. There was some excited pretend play that happened on a slippery hill, where the kids got to be tummy-sliding penguins! Who can resist sliding down a slippery hill?
We learned many facts about penguins as, the largest penguin is the Emperor penguin and the smallest is the Blue penguin. We didn’t even know there was a blue coloured penguin! Daddy penguins take care of the egg and the newly hatched baby chick while the mommy is out fishing and eating as much fish as possible so she can come back and regurgitate it for the baby. The looks on the kids’ faces were priceless. The daddy’s have a little pocket that makes a milk-like substance to sustain the baby until the mommy gets back. I am sure the kids will tell you many more things about penguins too!
We played a counting and adding game. The kids held a cardboard tube mommy penguin and had to catch the pompom fish before the leopard seal (Bella Dog) caught them. Bella Dog did steal many of the kids' fish!
The kids practiced their shape identification and counting how many sides shapes have through our penguin shape match activity. They also matching penguin letters and colour identification/colour word spelling in our penguin scarf and hat match.
We took advantage of the warmer weather by making a splatter painted penguin outside. The kids also made painted cup Macaroni penguins.
Our letters this week were Y and Z. We practiced building them with tiny cubes and magnet pieces on the fridge.
We also celebrated a very happy 4th birthday this week!
We learned many facts about penguins as, the largest penguin is the Emperor penguin and the smallest is the Blue penguin. We didn’t even know there was a blue coloured penguin! Daddy penguins take care of the egg and the newly hatched baby chick while the mommy is out fishing and eating as much fish as possible so she can come back and regurgitate it for the baby. The looks on the kids’ faces were priceless. The daddy’s have a little pocket that makes a milk-like substance to sustain the baby until the mommy gets back. I am sure the kids will tell you many more things about penguins too!
We played a counting and adding game. The kids held a cardboard tube mommy penguin and had to catch the pompom fish before the leopard seal (Bella Dog) caught them. Bella Dog did steal many of the kids' fish!
The kids practiced their shape identification and counting how many sides shapes have through our penguin shape match activity. They also matching penguin letters and colour identification/colour word spelling in our penguin scarf and hat match.
We took advantage of the warmer weather by making a splatter painted penguin outside. The kids also made painted cup Macaroni penguins.
Our letters this week were Y and Z. We practiced building them with tiny cubes and magnet pieces on the fridge.
We also celebrated a very happy 4th birthday this week!
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