Today was all about underwater
During circle time we talked about creatures that live under water - sharks, whales, orcas, lantern fish, octopus, fish, clams, alligators, jellyfish, crabs and a platypus.
We learned about different underwater habitats including large oceans (which are salty), lakes (which are smaller and not salty - except some lakes like the Great Salt Lake) and rivers and ponds.
We looked at some different types of seashells and talked about underwater creatures that have homes attached to their bodies - like crabs, clams, and the turtles who live in the city park pond
(and the turtle Zane saw, who was unfortunately run over by a car).
Let's see your best fish face!
We used our water bottles to make our own tiny oceans.
It was fun to measure our own sand and pour it into our bottles using a funnel.
We learned that fish living together in a group are called a school,
and we enjoyed eating a school of fish for snack.
By the end of Joy School, we needed to get out some energy (perhaps due to the Swedish fish and jello?). So we pretended to be sea creatures, which for some reason involved a lot of screaming :)
Zane and Will were sharks who chased the others, who were fish
(except Amelia who was a mermaid in distress)!
