Our PreSchool Blog

The toddlers had a great time at the Zoo Summer Playdate!

We created a handprint monkey.

We had music with Ms. Joanie on Monday.

The toddlers went on an animal hunt obstacle course.  We had to cross the river of crocodiles!

Kona Ice on Wednesday!

A fork print lion craft on Thursday!

This week our activities revolved around the zoo…From letters and numbers to crafts and science lessons!

To help us with correct scissor grip, we put smiley face stickers on our thumbs. The goal is to keep our thumbs to the sky, always looking to see that smiley face!

To wrap up our desert habitat month, we had some special guests come to visit us at Creative Tots! Our friend Miss Katie, from the Cincinnati Zoo, brought an armadillo and a corn snake for us to look at and touch! It was so much fun to see the animals we have been learning about in person!

The Cincinnati Zoo came to visit today!

We had the chance to pet a King Snake and watch a 3 ringed Armadillo run like crazy.  Amazing!!!

In the rainforest, there are lots of animals that use their tails for practical purposes.  One example is the monkey.  Monkey’s swing from tree to tree using their tails.  Today, Miss Krista, our zoo animal expert, introduced us to two animals that have significant uses for their tails.

Meet Angelina: She is a type of bird called a galaf.  She likes to be in trees with bright pink flowers.  She eats seeds, nuts and fruits.  Her tail has two uses: to balance in trees and to help slow her down to land when she is flying.

Meet Cornflower:  He is a blue tongued lizard.  He uses his tongue to smell.  He eats flies, worms, flowers and loves snails!  His tail is used to help him climb rocks.

Studying Greenland this month means learning about different animals in the cold, Arctic habitat.  Today, Ms. Krista, and a few of her zoo friends, came to see us!  We learned about how turtles hibernate beneath the ground during the winter.  We also got to see and touch a chinchilla!  Chinchillas live on the top of cold, snowy mountains, and use their incredibly soft, warm fur to keep them cozy from the cold.  We wish these cute little guys could stay with us all month long!