Seahorses

Today we learned about seahorses.  Seahorses have gills, so they are categorized as fish.  One of our read alouds today was titled Mister Seahorse.  When Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs, she does it on Mr. Seahorse's belly! She knows he will take good care of them. While he swims waiting for the eggs to hatch, he meets other underwater fathers caring for their babies.  Good thing Mr. Seahorse has a pouch like a kangaroo to keep the eggs safe.

During centers today the children cut out a seahorse and used doters and their creativity to decorate it.  At my center the children played Seahorse Roll a Letter.  Groups of children were given a die with letters on it.  They rolled the die and traced over the capital and lowercase letter that they landed on.  Some children rolled words from the -op word family.  At the third center the children glued a mustache and eyebrows onto a picture of themselves.  They then decorated it to look like a Lorax.  The Lorax pictures will be hung up in the cafeteria for our family night on Thursday.