Celebrate Our Differences!

 We spent a lot of time creating our self-portraits and the finished artwork is wonderful!  Take a look at our masterpieces!

Meet the Newest Top Dogs!

 We had a wonderful start in Kindergarten A!  The kids are excited to be in school and eager to learn!

Interesting Insects!

For the next two weeks our class will be exploring and learning about insects!  We will begin by learning what makes an insect an insect and then we will discover different types of insects.  Enjoy these two videos about insects and see what you find out!

Getting Bigger!!

The tadpoles are growing bigger everyday!  They are zooming all over the tank!  I have been feeding them fish food and lettuce which they gobble up.  Because there are so many tadpoles I am going to let most go into the pond near my house so they can grow up naturally.  There will be a few to keep in the classroom so we can continue our investigation on the frog life cycle.  Here are a few pictures and a video so you can see how they are growing.

A Few Days Old

Now the tadpoles are a few days old.  Lots of the time they just hang in the water and look like they aren't even alive!  But if you move the tank or lift the lid, they swim around really fast.  At the bottom of the tank you can still see the clump of empty egg cases.  It looks like they nibble on it sometimes but I also put some fish food on the top of the water and they seem to eat it up!!  Take a look and discover something new about tadpoles!  

Tiny Tadpoles!

Well I went hunting for frog eggs last night and most were already hatched!  I managed to find this clump but as you can tell they are hatching very quickly into tiny tadpoles.  Be a scientist and take a close look.  What do you see?

Nests, Nests, Nests!

We all know that birds build nests....but so do many other animals!  Below you will find pictures of 3 nests I have found on my farm.  You can see that different types of birds build different nests.  Some are small and others much bigger.  Some are made to be a tree and others are attached to buildings.  The birds who built these nests are very creative!  They used whatever they could find to make thier nests - mud, sticks, grass, baler twine, string, horse and cow hair, leaves, bark  and so on. 
I have also posted the links to 2 different videos about nests.  If you were at school, we would get out our Creation Station and try our hand at building nests.  Since you are learning at home right now, I hope you can try building a nest there.  You can use any supplies you can find in your house or outside.  This is part of our Design and Build Science.  Have fun and be sure to send me a picture of your nest!!

Mystery Doug - Why do birds lay eggs in the spring?

20 Amazing Animal Architects

Letter N

Building 2D and 3D Shapes

Try building some 2D and 3D shapes using toothpicks or popsicle sticks as the sides or edges and marshmallows or playdoh for the corners.  It can be tricky but lots of fun! Here are some pictures to help you get started.

Words that start with K!  Just in case, you need help thinking of some...

Kimmy Kangaroo

Kimmy Kangaroo's song in pictures!