Meeme Zoo Adventure

To begin the day the children listed to the story If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo.  Well things did go wrong at our Meeme Zoo.  All of the animals got out.  It was the children's job to count them all and make sure they got back.  While two sets of children were graphing the zoo animals, the other two sets of children familiarized themselves with the rest of the school by visiting various stations. 

Did you know that a kangaroo can leap 30 feet in one bound?  In the art room the children counted how many hops it would take them to travel 30 feet.  For some children it took 21, 18, and even 16 hops. 

Did you know that when a baby giraffe is born it averages 6 feet tall.  In the music room the children compared their height to a baby giraffe's and recorded their results on a graph.  They also had fun playing giraffe limbo. 

In the library the children read a variety of nonfiction books about zoo animals.  In the computer lab the children visited pbskids.com and played a few of their animal games. 

The children did a wonderful job traveling around the school being respectful, responsible, and safe.  It may have helped that we read the story Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo before we began our adventure.