Last month in preschool we learned a lot about the Arctic Habitat! We got to learn about various animals like the walrus, narwhal, arctic fox, and polar bear. In order for animals to live in the harsh, cold weather, they had to have special adaptations that allow them to stay warm. Some animals have lots of fur to keep them warm, others have lots of fat or blubber. Others hibernate. We learned that hibernating is when animals go into a deep sleep during winter. We learned where certain animals go when they hibernate and we got to pretend we were hibernating animals too! Animals wake up when it gets warm and they go on hunt for food, so when we finished hibernating it was time for snack!!
We got to do some fun art projects this month too, like this fun walrus!
We learned a lot this month!
We learned all about the arctic habitat last month! Some animals we focused on were the polar bear, the walrus, the arctic fox, and the narwhal! Did you know that there are NO penguins in the arctic habitat!! They only live in the Antarctic! Animals that live in the harsh cold weather in the arctic, have to have special adaptations that keep them warm such as thick, heavy fur coats, hibernation, or lots of fat or blubber.
To learn what it would be like to have lots of blubber while swimming in the arctic water, we did an experiment. Students put their hand in ice water for a couple of seconds! It was soooooo cold!
Then we put our hand inside a bag of shortening and put it back in the water but this time it was warm. We couldn’t even feel the cold water!
We also learned about hibernation and where animals hibernate in the winter.
We began our new unit on space for the month of February! On Groundhogs Day we colored our own little groundhog and made predictions on whether the groundhog would see his shadow or not. Looks like we had some good guesses!
We got to act like the characters in the “The Mitten” By: Jan Brett. Everyone got to be one of the characters and crawl through the mitten. We then placed the characters on the mitten while we read along with the story!
Our morning routine has changed just a little bit! Each morning, after washing hands, the boys and girls will come over to the magnet board to find their name. This activity begins with each child finding their face and it also gives us a chance to talk about the letters in their names one on one. The children have really enjoyed looking at everyones pictures. It is a fun addition to the morning!
We took advantage of the little bit of the snow on the ground and brought it inside to play with! The boys and girls had the chance to scoop and pour snow and ice into cups. It was a very fun and cold activity!
The K-Prep class has been learning to measure in all different ways! We have been measuring length, height and distance using nonstandard units of measurement. We have also been measuring and comparing weight using a balance. Lastly, we have been measuring the capacity of different containers. We have been working hard and learning so much!
We measured our height with strands of yarn!
We measured arctic animals with unifix cubes (a nonstandard unit of measurement).
We measured the capacity of all different containers using beans!
We raced cars and measured the distance that each went…
We explored all kinds of nonstandard units of measurement! We measured with straws, crayons, pencils and more.
How many straws is our window sill?
How many cubes is our twistable crayon?
How many straws is our academic center?
How many pencils is our class atlas?
How many crayons is our easel?
How many crayons is our manipulatives center?
How many straws is our word wall?
After we explored the classroom with our measurement tools, we made predictions as to how many cubes long new items in our classroom would be, then we tested our predictions to see how close we came. We had a some GREAT predictions!
This month we have been talking about Hibernation. What is hibernation? Who hibernates? Why do animals hibernate? We are finishing off our unit with the story: The Mitten by: Jan Brett. We also have been talking about the letters M, N, and O. In math we have been working on the numbers 6 and 7 and beginning patterns.
We reviewed the letter “N” by using paint and Q-tips to make the letter.
We practiced our cutting and gluing skills by cutting out small pieces of paper and gluing them onto a mitten.
We worked on putting beads onto a pipe cleaner and making patterns with the yellow and purple beads!
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