Did you know a bat is a pollinator?
We learned that bats help to pollinate the cacao plant, which chocolate comes from. The children were very excited to hear that bats help “make” chocolate!
The children worked on a parts of bat worksheet that they cut colored and labeled. They were happy to taste some of the bat’s hard work in the form of M&Ms while working on their worksheet.
Did you know what a baby bat is called?
We continued to discuss bats and learned that baby bats are called pups. We worked with the bad nomenclature lesson and learned the names of some of the parts of a bats body. We discovered that bats have thumbs!
The children also enjoyed watching a video about three facts about bats:
The children had a great time in Jumpbunch and Arts Alive class.
Reminder: Fall Festival is tomorrow! Parade starts at 4:15p.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Today we read Night Song by Ari Berk about a bat. We learned that bats are nocturnal which means they are awake during the night. We also learned that bats have a special sense called echolocation that helps them “see” in the dark by hearing back(echo) the sounds they made.
We had a visit from Flower the guinea pig, who is a new pet in the Toddler One class. The children were given a choice to pet Flower.
Did you know there are spiders that have no eyes?
We learned that there are some spiders that live in caves that have no eyes. We also worked with the spider nomenclature lesson and learned the names of some of the spider’s body: eyes, legs, fangs, head, and cephalothorax. We learned that a spider has two main body parts: head and cephalothorax.
The children had a great time doing soccer drills during Soccer Shots.
Welcome back, we hope everyone enjoyed the great weather this weekend.
Do you know what a spider spins its web out of? On circle we read a book about spiders, we learned that a spider makes its web out of silk and silk is something humans use to make clothes. We also learned that spiders live all over the world and that most spiders have eight eyes but sometimes they have less. The children enjoyed learning some facts about spiders and looking at pictures of spiders.
We had a SPOOKTACULAR music class! Mr. Jason played Halloween songs on his guitar for us to sing , we even used our spooky voices sing the ABC’s. The children had a great time having a dance party to Halloween music.
