Tuesday, July 19, 2016

This last week was an underwater adventure in the Giraffe class! We learned about fish, sharks, jellyfish, and octopuses! The students were very excited about exploring the big, blue sea. Check out some of our activities!



We made our own paper aquariums!
We colored the water using blue markers, 
added a rocky seabed using mashed graham crackers, 
and then added plants and fish!
The students each counted three fish for their aquarium.










Underwater counting! The students used glass beads
to make underwater bubbles. They had to count the 
bubbles so that it matched the number. 













We made our own jellyfish!
We colored the body (known as the bell)
with markers. Then the students folded a
piece of yarn and put the folded end on 
a piece of tape. The hardest part of the project
was putting the tape on the inside of the bell to 
look like tentacles!






Ms. Tremmel put some ocean words o the white board. 
The students were challenged to see if they could find the 
magnet letters that were missing to make the words.


We have started getting our instruments out every morning
to have some musical fun! The kids love it! They are 
getting some wiggles out, working on hand-eye coordination, 
and developing a sense of beat. 



We made our own octopuses! They are such interesting
creatures! We learned that they have three hearts, blue blood, 
eight legs, and suckers on each leg to catch fish.






We learned that fish have scales on their body to 
protect them. We put scales on our own fish to 
help us remember.




We played in mini oceans at the sensory table!
We had foamy water, plastic fish, and seashells!



Water day fun!



We worked on our writing skills as we traced waves over to the sea creatures!




We love reading bible stories! 
We try to read at least one each day.