Dear Parents,
We began our week brainstorming sea creatures. The children helped make a list of sea creatures we know: dolphin, hammerhead shark, electric eel, goldfish, sea turtle, saltwater crocodile, whale, chomping fish, and more. We wondered if a couple on our list were freshwater fish; they were, so we talked about the difference between saltwater and freshwater.
We read There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Shell, Hey Water!, Life in the Sea, and At The Beach.
While playing in the yard we have discovered ladybug larva, grub larva, lantern fly nymphs, and tiny red mites, also known as sugar spiders. We looked at pictures of the life cycle of these insects to see which part of the cycle they were in. We examined some through a phone magnifying glass.
On Wednesday, we painted our ocean mural. We studied illustrations of oceans in our books and noticed the different colors. We used blues, a tiny bit of bluish-purple powder, and some white. The children said the waves are white.
The next day we added more white caps by gently pulling cotton balls apart and gluing them into the ocean. We also added pale pink tissue paper and sparkles. Then we swam around the big room a bit before going outside to play.
On Friday we added to our list of sea creatures, and decided which were the biggest. We played in the warm spring weather all morning.
Have a springy weekend,
Therese