Crickets!

We talked about Crickets today at school and we read the story, The Very Quiet Cricket written by Eric  Carle.  Ava created a cricket using play dough!  We learned some interesting facts about crickets today:

1.  They are insects because they have 6 legs and 3 body part; a head, thorax and abdomen.

2.  Males ( we learned that means a boy) are the only crickets that sing.

3.  Males sing by rubbing their front wings together.

4.  Crickets have long back legs so they can jump.

Eagle Friendship Camp!

We added a few new things today to our camping centre.  Can't go camping without marshmallows and we also put lanterns!

Making Our Own Paint Brushes!

The children collected some natural materials to create their own paint brushes!

Which Side?

Our survey question asked the children to predict which side the worm would go to if we put it in the middle.  After thy made their prediction we tested it The children are observing and drawing what they see!

iPads

We are using the iPads to draw bugs, practise printing our numbers and letters!

Camping Anyone!

A few students reported that they went camping on the long weekend.  We began talking about camping and the children decided that it would be fun to have a camp site in our dramatic play centre.  We brainstormed ideas of what we could include in our centre. The children came up with quite a list of things required for camping.  They were so excited today to finally begin their camping adventure!

The children chose the name "Eagle Friendship Camp" for our campsite.

Packing the cooler.

Cooking over the fire.

Fishing Spider!

The children are using the iPads to use learn about the fishing spider we have in our classroom!