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Ms. Jane brought in a 2 year old Holland Lop Rabbit named, Peter. We compared Peter to an Artic hare. Peter was a little scared at first, but Ms. Jane held him securely until he relaxed. We then used our science

touch to feel how soft and warm he was.Remember science touch is 2 fingers up!

To start off our celebration of diversity, we visited two unique animals in the Tree House. We met an Axolotl named Ax a.k.a. Toothless and an Armadillo named Dillon. We identified what makes each of them special.

Axolotl do not have eyelids and their skin regenerates if it gets injured! Armadillo’s have a hard shell called an armor that can cover their back, head, legs and tail!

Ms. Debbie brought in an 11 year old Puerto Rican crested toad named Anita. We talked about what sound Puerto Rican toads make. They sound like an engine starting up! We, also, learned that they hear through vibrations. Anita is a great example of diversity since she comes from a different part of the world. She is, also part of our Sound Project investigation!

Animal Ambassador Visit

In celebration of arctic animals, Ms. Debbie showed a polar bear claw! She compared it to a grizzly bear’s claw, an eagle’s talon, and our very own nails. She talked about how each animal uses their claws to get or eat food. Everyone was able to touch the claw and describe what it looked like.

Biofact Presentation

Cooking with Ms. Anna

Shout Outs

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Thank you to Mystery Readers: Sara, Brendan!

Joe, Hadley’s dad, came in to help us make our favorite pizza! He brought in different toppings: pepperoni, mushroom, lots of cheese. The kids were able to make their very own personal pizza and then enjoy it for snack!

We proudly shared the color of our hair, eyes, and skin to show how unique each one of us are. For art, we drew our favorite snack, pizza flavor, color, vehicle, and toy. We shared our favorite act of kindness, board game to play, and performed our favorite family song to everyone.It was a great way to show what makes each person

different special in their own way!

Socials: Global Fest A celebration of being special and unique!

We visited the Canada lynx sisters, Hazel and Rosie. Ms. Megan did a keeper’s talk to answer all the preschooler’s questions like what do Lynx eat? Only meat! Ms. Megan, also, shared some fun facts about lynx. They have great hearing! For the enrichment, Ms. Meghan gave the sisters empty paper tubes to play with. Hazel especially enjoyed knocking them down. Rosie was a little shy and just peeked at us.

Happy BirthdayCassidy and Paddy!

The kids made a special frozen juice enrichment for Sakari the Polar Bear. For keeper’s talk, Ms. Caitlin showed us that Sakari’s such a good listener. She answered our questions and shared fun facts, too. Ms. Caitlin told us that Sakari is 6 years old and weighs 1,000 lbs. She made us wonder why the pool doesn’t freeze. It doesn’t freeze because they put lots of salt (42,000 gallons) in the water!

What a fun fact!

Animal Enrichment

Yumm!

The kids made dress-up vehicle out of big boxes with Ms. Lindsay our art teacher. They did very well painting the boxes then decorating with pompoms, crepe paper, and pipe cleaners. This craft is one of the investigations to answer the question, "What other sounds can we make?" for our Sound Project.

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