J is for Jungle

Last week we learned about letter J and jungles. Did you know that a jungle is, by definition, a tropical rainforest? We learned about lots of the animals that live there. On Tuesday we talked about lots of the different plants and animals that live in jungles and all the rain that is there. We did a fun monkey craft. Thanks to Kiley's mom for coming in and helping the last few minutes of morning session--the craft took a little more time and help than I anticipated... so I scheduled a little more time for the afternoon session. Live and learn, right?

For math last week we introduced sorting. On Thursday we sorted by colors. I gave each student a cup full of cereal (Trix and Reese's PB cereal mixed) and had them sort it by color. Fun and yummy!

We learned about letter J. On Thursday we sorted the pictures by their beginning sound--J or P. Then we made jellyfish. Thanks to Finding Nemo for introducing all the kids to jellyfish! :)

 On Thursday we talked about poison dart frogs. I didn't realize how small they really are--they are only about the size of a nickel! We used crayons to color in the spots and then painted over it.

Here's to another great week!