Week 31 & 32 Zoo and Insects!

Our class has had a busy month! Week 31 learned about zoo animals and we took a fun trip to the Birmingham zoo! Week 32 we have been learning about insects and we have watched our ants build tunnels in our new ant farm and we got our caterpillars in the mail too! The caterpillars are already growing and shedding their skins to get bigger. We are making a journal entry each day and recording the progress of the caterpillars. We have made estimates about how long it will take for the caterpillars to form a chrysalis and how long it will take for them to hatch out from the chrysalis into butterflies.  We are learning so much!

We made it to the zoo!

flamingos

Standing like the flamingos!

A flamingo getting a drink.

Watching the elephant do tricks.

A closer look at the elephant.

The rhino did not want us to take his picture!

A spider monkey in the tunnel of his cage.

lemur

Cotton top tamarin

The monkeys were resting.

Monkey eating a snack.

anteater

turtle

black swan

kangaroo

sea lion

tortise

giraffe

The zebra did not smile for his picture!

lions

lion

taking a nap

tiger

Our caterpillars have arrived!

Our butterfly journal

Week 30-Farm Day Fun!!

Week 30 we learned all about farm life and farm animals! We had great fun. On the Monday after farm day we had a visit from the mobile dairy and watched as the cow got milked! We also got to see some brand new baby chicks hatching in Mrs. Henderson's Class!

Week 29-Spring!!

The week before spring break we learned about all things spring! We discussed flowers and how insects help to pollinate the flowers. We made flowers and used yellow chalk to pretend to be honey bees and "pollinate" the flowers! We also learned about animals in the Alabama woodlands we sometimes see. It was lots of fun. We were all ready for spring break. So glad we had great weather most of the time! The kiddos are rested up now and ready to learn.