Hibernation wrap up!

The best gauge of a great week is when parents come in and tell us their children can't stop talking about a topic. Well hibernation literally hit home this week.  With a lot of extension activities through out the centers the children truly immersed themselves in the topic.  Here are a few pictures of the rest of the week: 

( creating nest for their squirrels)

(Hibernating in their den like bears)

(Blubber science experiment during our discussion of animals that adapt)

(Sleeping bears paintings)

(Hibernating hedgehog, great drawing of their burrows and environment with chalk and painted hedgehogs with toothbrushes for texture) 

Hope you enjoyed! We are blasting off to outer space next week I have some great activities planned! Check back to see! Enjoy  your weekend!

    

Animals in Winter

We are exploring animals in winter in preschool this week.  Today we made colaborative bear caves for our stuffed bears to hibernate in.  I just finished making an interactive board with velcro animals for circle time.  Super fun super easy and adds an additional piece to circle time this week.  Tons of fun hibernation games for gross motor play I will post some later this week.  I also have some winter inspired sensory activities I am freezing that I think they will love! We are going to try the blubber science experiment this week as well should be a fun filled week! Happy Monday! 

 

Plunging in with penguins!

This week we are having a blast exploring penguins with the preschoolers.  They are so engaged in the topic so we are extending it throughout the classroom.  They are doing such a good job identifying the species and we have two class favorites the fairy penguin and the macaroni penguin! Today we made macaroni penguin headbands.  We have a baby penguin friend named Patty who joins in on the fun! We played pass the penguin today, we tried to make Patty toboggan during parachute play and she even poses for us during journal time! Check out all the fun below! Hope everyone is staying warm it is a whopping 2 degrees here today with winds making it feel -15 brrrr!