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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Ocean Commotion

Hi everyone, Monday we kicked off Mother Goose Times Ocean Commotion theme and the children are excited to learn about what goes on in the ocean.

Week One March 30-April 3, 2015; Ocean Scape

On Monday we talked about the ocean and what’s in the ocean. The children learned that there are many different types of fish, shell-fish, sea birds, corals, invertebrates and the water they live in is salty.

Tuesday we learned about the ocean floor and pretended to snorkel to see the invertebrates, corals, and shell-fish. During arts and crafts the girls created an oyster and oyster pearls.

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Wednesday we discussed ocean caves & crevices. The girls looked and listened for the ocean in the different types of sea shells. We played same and different and they also used the shells as counters on the number cards.

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Space Books

Hi everyone, Mother Goose times focus this month is Blast Off To Space. Due to the high demand I wasn’t able to get this curriculum, which is okay because that is a sign the company is growing. However, I came across these awesome books about space for you to read to your little ones. Have a great day.