Well we ended our final day of shark week with the carpet shark and a silly shark hat. Our class really took a lot of interest in the subject.

We got to enjoy playing balloon tennis in the basement and then finished off our playtime wearing cool star shades. Have a safe and happy 4th!!

Today we enjoyed a delicious treat from the ocean, shark fin Jell-O. The children were super excited!!

We studied the horn shark, many of us thought it was the weirdest shark we’ve seen. We also talked about the remora fish. It’s not a shark but it helps the shark.

Today our study was on the hammerhead shark. Cool facts we learned;

-it has no nose so it breathes thru its gills

-if it stops swimming it can’t breathe

-it has a flat head & big eyes

-it has a soft skeleton which allows it to bend & twist

-cartilage is what its bones are made of like our ears

I also introduced our shark water exploration tub. It has 14 different types of sharks that the children can observe and play with. It also contains a few other sea creatures.

Today we started our week off reading about the great white shark. We learned that he is able to see very well in the dark, he has a great sense of smell ,he can be as big as ½ a school bus and he has three rows of very sharp teeth.

We then created our very own shark bite art. Check out the front door to our class. Yikes!! There are some scary sharks and funny ones too!

Today was our first day of VBS and it was fun! We met some new friends, sang some new songs and visited areas of the church that we have never seen. Ms. Kari Ann introduced the word of the day a faith. She told us that faith is believing even if you can’t see it (faith). It’s like a muscle, you have to practice it to make it strong.

We focused on the country Uganda which is in Africa. We made a musical instrument called a thumb piano. We read the story, A Good Trade. Which is the story of a boy who trades a flower for a pair of shoes. We then traced patterns on old blue jeans and cut them out. We are helping to make shoes. And during game time we learned and practiced playing a game called mancala.

For snack we tried dried mangos and coconut. Some friends enjoyed the mangos a lot more.

The children can’t wait to see what tomorrow has in store.

Please see our class door for more photos.