I came to school over the weekend to check on the ants

when I came they were moving very slow and a huge pile

of dead ones!!  I was so sad and worried about what to do!

I had read the direction very careful and it specifically said 

DO NOT over feed, but it doesn't seem like they are eating the 

"ant chow" that it came with them. I figured ants will eat anything 

and I happened to have some cheerios with me. I broke them into 

super tiny pieces and also added water to the habitat. 

YAY!! Today when I came in, tunnels have been started and 

all the "dead" ants buried!

What a relief!!  I was SO worried about what 

to tell the class. Everyone is enjoying the 

Ant Farm so much. It is truly

fascinating to watch!

This is a picture of the checklist our class Entomologist fills out

Ella helping finish ur letter H from last week

Claire choosing her job

Then checking on the ants

I took all the insect/bug photos the class sent and we made it to 

a matching game

JESUS TIME

Claire enjoys being the invocation leader

and she knows all the words to it as well

I showed the children this basket

I told them I had a surprise in it

I asked them to guess what they thought was inside

Then I showed them.... It is a baby!!!  Claire was very 

interested in the baby!

I asked the children if they had a guesses of a bible story

that talked about a baby boy

in a basket...

Tristan guessed it

MOSES

Second Steps

We looked at the face of this boy, Ethan

I asked how the children thought he was feeling

Surprised!

I then asked the children to tell me about a time they may have

felt surprised!

Our Entomologist, going on a Bug Hunt!

Everyone had a vest, hat and a little plastic jar to collect bugs in

We talked about if we find live bugs we can put them in our jars

to "study" them but then we need to release back into their natural habitat

but if we find dead bugs we can bing them inside to study

So much excitement!

The hats didn't fit on some of the girls with ponies or buns

As soon as we came outside, Aiden spotted a dead cricket

He started to pick it up with his hands but then decided he didnt

like the way it felt. I ran in for some tweezers, which made it much easier to 

collect the bugs!

Everyone was SO SO interested in finding bugs!

So happy!

The children spent the entire outside time, exploring for bugs!

We turned over rocks and stepping stones

We found lots underneath those items

Carly wasn't afraid to pick up any critter and would say,

"Here little buddy!"

STORY TIME

Matthew was our weather helper

Tristan, our Entomologist

He then came over and stood in front of the class to share

his findings..... The ants are digging tunnels

Ella asked to also be our prayer leader since no one chose it today

The she was our snack manager

SNACK TIME

we decided to eat inside since it was

getting a little dark and SO windy!

Carly, who was also "sit by the teacher"job got to help teach the letters to the class

The person who choosing "sit by the teacher" job gets to be the teacher assistant

and use the special pointer!

As they point, he/she can either tell the letters to the class

or call on someone to identify the letters

Handwriting Without Tears

Mystery Bag

I showed 4 items

Ape, Apple, Airplane and Ant

Today's letter is A

Center Time

Claire was excited to go to Dramatic Play

Digging for bugs/insects

Just relaxing

Carly and Brody working in the writing center

WOW!! Great Work Brody! He wrote out his Alphabet all 

by himself!!

Claire and Brody played with trains for a long time

 Aiden is our artist of the week

 We cleaned up and then watched a video from a man who worked at a 

butterfly house in Utah. This entomologist taught us about building 

a habitat. He gave us some ideas on how to build a habitat for a roly poly

and maybe got the children thinking on what they want to do for our BUG ZOO!

 We did YOGA and Exercises together at the end of the day

Tree Pose

Jumping Jacks

Then we had a few minutes at the end after prayer to play a game

The children really love this..... I wish I had more of these plastic bowls from

discovery kids..... but I wrote numbers on each bowl. Then the children close their eyes while I hide a red bean bag under one of the bowls. As they guess, I give clues.

For example, if someone guessed, 3, I would say, " No, but it is under a bowl lower(smaller) than the number 3". WOW!!! They did such a good job. We have played this several times, but today, they really knew what to do. If anyone comes across any of these Discovery Toy (Flip Flop Face bean bag toss) bowls, I would love to have another set. I know the kids could use more of a challenge and go to a higher number than just 6!