Sticky Fingers

Today the children had sticky fingers after visiting one of our centers.  With Grandma Sue the children cut out a chameleon and then painted it with a mixture of Karo syrup and washable food coloring.  The final product is amazing.  The chameleons look like stained glass windows.  This project went along with our story for the day Chameleon, Chameleon.  In the story we learned that chameleons change their color based on their feelings. 

At Miss Sue's center the children were given a bag of numbers and a recording sheet that had numbered cages on it.  The children picked a number, identified it, then they found the cage that matched it, and stamped a zoo animal in it.

At my center the children journaled about what they would do if they were a zookeeper.  We worked really hard to draw a picture of a person with 6 traits.  We also worked hard on using a variety of colors in our pictures and on adding details.

Our song for the day was "Zoo Train."
(Tune: Down By the Station)
Down by the Zoo Train Next to the zoo
On came an animal Do you know who? 
We picked up a kangaroo
And what do you know
This is the way the train started to go.
(Hopping, Hopping) watch us go.
(Hopping) fast then (Hopping) slow
(Hopping) down, then (Hopping) back
Watch us (Hop) around the track.

The children took turns picking animals and describing how the train would move.