baby animals

Every year a Robin makes a next under our deck in the same spot. It is so neat to see the transformation of the hatching of the eggs, the mommy sitting on them to keep them warm, the feeding process and watching them grow and then leave. This could not have come at a better time because are new theme with the Funshine curriculum  is Baby Animals.
Every animal has a mommy that takes care of them and a certain place that they live in while they grow. We learned that birds and snakes live in nests. Wolves, bears,fox and lions live in dens. Cattle and horses live in stables. Rabbits and moles live in burrows.
  I asked the girls what home would they want to live in and they both said nests because you can snuggle in it.

 We have also learned that baby animals have different names.
                              * Kangaroo\ Joey  *seal/pup the kids did not know why because pups are dogs.
                               *owl/owlet            *turtle/hatching
                              *goat/kid                 * goose/gosling

For a complete list of baby animals name go to zooborns. I had no idea about some of  them!

To go along with kangaroos, we made a kangaroo pouch and hopped around like a kangaroo does.

The Shape of the Month is a square and the color is purple. We look and count how many square items and the color purple outside and in out classroom.
Today we laced a square and colored it purple.

I am so proud of my Kaelis. She had no idea how to write any letter, let alone her name and she is getting so good at her name. This worksheet was one of the practice pages provided in Funshine express kit.

It is neat to see where the kids are now with lacing then where they were in the fall.


As we are in our last month of school and then will be on summer break, I look back on the ways Funshine  has made it so much easier to plan activities and how much the girls have learned since the fall and all the things that funshine  provides to make it fun! Since my big kids will be in prek in the fall, I will use buttercups with my younger friends and I look forward to seeing them grow as well.