The children really enjoyed Dr. Flint's visits to our class last week. She brought a Winter Wren's nest and speckled egg for us to examine, and she shared a wonderful story about finding the nest in her yard. She also gave a letter "O" lesson and drew a large octopus on the board. She invited the children to guess what it was as she drew it. Later, the children were eager to try it themselves, and created many elaborate variations on the chalkboard. Special thanks to Nathan Flint for talking to the class about Sea Creatures and bringing a real octopus, crab, and shrimp for the children to touch.
This week our new letter is "P". We will learn about Penguins and other animals of Antarctica. We'll learn about the Polar Habitat as we read Antarctica, Land of Endless Water. We'll also read Cool Penguins, Sleek Seals, Cuddly Dudley and Tacky in Trouble.
In Math, we will have a puppet show about Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice. We will also begin to work with liquid measurement. In Art we will create penguins with tracings of our hands and feet and make a book about Emperor Penguins.
In Social Studies we will read The Outside and Inside Book of Texas and continue to work on our Texas Symbols.
In Bible we will finish our Noah's Ark posters and read about the flood. We will read Your Five Senses and complete our Textures poster this week. If your child has not brought textured items for the poster, please help him/her to search for textures at home. We will work on the poster on Thursday. We will also be exploring our Thermic Sense with Montessori lessons.
