Monday we learned
about animals who build with trees.
Our first
activity for the day was Tree Shapes. Mother Goose Time provided us with some
shape manipulatives as well as a poster to go along with them that has matching
spaces on it. Miss M loved playing with this. She wanted to play with these all
day long. She loved placing the foam shapes on the tree poster, but didn’t
really understand how to match them to the spaces yet.
Next, we got
to make a pine cone birdfeeder! I gave Miss M the pine cone to hold and check
out. I explained that tree branches, leaves and seeds, like pine cones, can all
be used to build things with. I helped her put the peanut butter on the pine
cone and then we sprinkled the bird seed all over it until it was covered. She
wanted to eat the peanut butter on the pine cone so we had to hurry a little
bit with this activity.
We also
built some “buildings” with our blocks. Miss M was very proud of herself with
how high she got some of her buildings. This is a skill that we’ve been working
on. It wasn’t that long ago that she was only able to go about 4 blocks high.
Today she got one “building” 9 blocks high!!
Our last
activity for the day was making stick homes. We looked at pictures of birds and
beavers. I explained that animals like birds and beavers use sticks to build
their homes. She loved the pictures of the beavers so much that we decided to
learn a little more about them. Two things we learned were that beavers are
mainly nocturnal and also that their teeth never stop growing which is why
they’re constantly gnawing on wood – to keep them from growing too long.
We went
outside and gathered up some sticks and came back inside to make a home. Even one
of our kitties decided to help us J
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