Month: April 2015

Our Visit to Kansas City Sea Life Aquarium

April 26, 2015 www.mothergoosetime.com

Hi everyone, over the weekend we went to Kansas City Sea Life Aquarium. It was their second time going but this time they were looking forward to seeing the small and large sea creatures they learned about over the month. When you first walk in you see a really cool tank with a school of fish.

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Are next stop was to the touch tank. The girls were able to touch sea stars, urchins, horseshoe crabs, which was exciting.

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As we continued our journey through the aquarium we saw large and small sting rays, sharks, eels, big and small fish.

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I did a small scavenger hunt and had the girls look for more sea creatures that we learned about and they found the octopus, sea turtle, jelly fish and sea horses. The sea turtle is a rescued turtle. It was found in a fishing net which cut the circulation off to its front flipper,so it to had its flipper amputated.

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There is also a Octonauts exhibit for the kids to explore in and fish tanks for the kids go into. If you ever visit Kansas City, Mo stop in at Kansas City Sea Life. I hope you enjoyed this post.

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Shipwreck And Fishing Boat

April 23 and 24, 2015 mother goose time

Hi everyone, Thursday the girls learned about shipwrecks and the things such as treasure can be found on them.Then we looked at pictures of sunken ships. They also played Sunken Ship Hideaway game.

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On Friday, we talked about fishing boats and how fisherman start early in the morning to catch fish. We watched a short video showing fisherman catching fish and the tools we would need to catch them. Then we played “Catching Letter Sounds.”

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Science Project- Salt Water Float

April 21, 2015  www.mothergoosetime.com

 

Hi everyone, on Tuesday the girls did the Saltwater Float experiment. We used table salt in one measuring cup and kosher salt in the other with warm water.

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We used two uncooked eggs and gently put them in the measuring cups.

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The egg in the kosher salt sunk (left side) and the egg in the table salt floated (right side). The girls really enjoyed this experiment.

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Sea Stars and Seahorse

April 16-17, 2015

Hi everyone, Thursday the girls learned about sea stars. They noticed that sea stars come in all different shapes and sizes. They enjoyed creating sea stars with the provided materials.

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On Friday we discussed the unique seahorse and looked at pictures of them. The girls also played “Daddy Seahorse Game”, you pick a number and put the number of seahorse babies in the male seahorse belly.

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Ocean In A Bottle Experiment/ Plankton and Jellyfish

April 13,2015 to April 15, 2015

Hello everyone, I was a couple of days ahead in the curriculum, so Tuesday the girls put together “Ocean In A Bottle”

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Then we worked on the letter W and colored a sea turtle picture by number.

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On Wednesday the girls learned about plankton and jellyfish. They enjoyed creating the jelly fish hat together. Then we played “What Goes Together” matching game.

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Books about the Ocean

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Large Sea Animals

April 6-8, 2015  www.mothergoosetime.com

Hi everyone, Monday we talked about Wales. The girls learned about the whale’s diet, how they breathe air in and out through the blow-hole, and how big they get.

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They really had fun doing the Whale blowing art project.

On Tuesday we learned about the wonderful octopus. The girls enjoy rolling the dice and placing the bingo chips under the number it lands on and created a windstock Octopus.

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Wednesday we studied Dolphins. They looked at a short dolphin video and learned how they eat and what they sound like. We practice reading “What Am I” simple book and pulled out the  monthly sight words. Then we worked on patterns.

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Ocean Plants and Coral Reef

Hello everyone, Thursday we talked about ocean plants. The girls learned about seaweed, kelp,and sea grass. They also made a fish and crab with the triangles.

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During arts and crafts the girls drew pictures of themselves on the beach and what they would find in the ocean.

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On Friday, we discussed and looked at pictures of the coral reef.  Read the book “Ocean Animals from A-Z”. Today’s art project was sea fan coral. For more information go to www.mothergoosetime.com

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