Blog 2.4 January 25-29

This week our class was bug crazy and we ran with it. Ants were a particular favorite, maybe because we have many model any bugs in the classroom. We read books, watched clips and went on nature walks to find out as much as we could about these bugs we see every day. The class worked together to create a giant model ant. We practiced making decisions together by voting on its name, Mr. Ant- and the color of its eyes, purple.

We learned about leaf cutter ants and how strong they are. We made our own leaf cutter ants out of spoons and pipe cleaners, and went on a nature walk to find heavy objects to put on their backs and in their pincers. 

I-Aun decorating her ant

Wen Wen sticking a leaf on his ant's back

Angie holding up the finished product

A colony of ants

Our class also experimented using different tools, such as spoons, popsicle sticks, and toothbrushes to free our bugs from the ice.

Nine, who has mostly freed his animal from the ice. We found out that the heat from our bodies is good at melting ice, even though it feels cold!

Cooper using a toothbrush to free his bug from the ice

This week we are working on language by thinking and talking about what activities we do throughout the day. For example, a student in the morning we wake up, brush our teeth and get ready for school. Our class is very good with the school timetable, and I would like to expand on that idea by talking about what we do outside of school. After school, maybe we have a piano lesson or a play date before having dinner, having a bath and getting ready for bed.  You can help at home by talking with your child about typical activities your child does every day, or for special occasions on week days and on the week ends. I would like for my class to begin to understand that their peers have interests and lives outside of school that are similar and different from their own.