Today our topic again focused on animals that live by or around a pond. Our read aloud was titled Dazzling Dragonflies. A dragonfly laid her clutch of eggs and the life cycle of dragonflies began. We watched as the little nymphs changed over time into beautiful adults who can move through the air like an acrobat. Besides learning what a nymph is the children also learned that dragonflies can be many different colors like blue, green, and red.
Today during centers the children made a dragonfly of their own. They picked the color that they wanted and cut out a dragonfly body along with two sets of wings. They then taped the wings onto the body along with pipe cleaners, which resembled the veins in the wings. They then gave their dragonfly a face and painted it with dazzling glitter paint.
At my center the children used blue play doh to make a pond. They stamped letters in their pond and recorded them on a recording sheet. Some friends stamped a few three letter words. At the computer center the children visited the website http://www.ziggityzoom.com/games.php We tried to play letter blaster and word dog. These two games proved hard to hear. You may want to try them at home without the hustle and bustle of a classroom. The match and learn game and the puzzles work wonderfully for mouse control.
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