Peacocks

When I surveyed the children at the beginning of our zoo unit they said they wanted to learn about peacocks.  So, we designated today as our peacock day.  For our read aloud the children listened to the CD of the story Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester Laminack.  The moral of this story was; "Be yourself, don't try to be like someone else."  We learned facts about peacocks by visiting the San Diego Zoo website.  I have included the link for you incase your child is an animal lover.  We have visited this site a few times in the last couple of days. I only share the facts on this site that a 4 and 5 year old can understand.  http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/birds/peacock

Today at Grandma Sue's center the children played a missing number zoo game.  On their turn the children spun a spinner.  They counted the circles their spinner landed on.  They then moved the corresponding number of places on the game board.  Next they picked a card that had a sequence of numbers with one missing; 9, ___, 11.  The children had to fill in the missing number.  Next year the children will be assessed using AIMS web.  As part of the math assessment they will have to find the missing number in a sequence of numbers.

At an independent center the children worked on making the last letter for the alphabet book they have made over the course of the year.  Today their job was to cut out the letter "Z," write their name on it, and use a q-tip to paint stripes on it.  On Monday we will add an eye and yarn for a mane to turn our letter "Z" into a zebra.