science
reptiles
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Fri, 2007-11-16 14:47.•   Monday found us singing about a BOA CONSTRICTOR that pretends to swallow us whole. Naturally, it was all in good fun but it did help us remember that some snakes squeeze their victims while others swallow them without chewing. We did lots of cutting practice as we spiral cut a plate to look like a serpentine creature.
•   Tuesday we introduced ALLIGATORS and CROCODILES as we talked about their SCALES (1). That’s just one of the characteristics that makes a reptile a reptile.
•   Next we created some TURTLES at the art table after we learned about being COLD BLOODED (2). All of our reptiles get warm or cold depending on their environment. Â
dinosaurs
Submitted by Mrs Froman on Mon, 2007-11-12 15:19.What's ENORMOUS, FEROCIOUS, and EXTINCT? Why dinosaurs, of course. It's these very qualities that make the topic so intriguing to young children. Add to the mix that they lived in PREHISTORIC (vocab.) times when no real people could actually study them, much less observe them, and one has a field of study that promotes imagination. The children had no problem trying to recreate the sounds of the "thundering lizards," or creating stories about their hunting and fighting. By the end of the week they all knew a few of the long scientific dinosaur names and most had a favorite. We have a wonderful collection of large plastic dinosaurs that allows for lots of hands on play and closer examination of the characteristics we studies in our books.Â
