Fish are here!

We got our fish and guppies this week for our science study of living things. Mr. Mike from Premier Pets came to talk to the children about caring for the fish. He also told them about an opportunity for kids to "work" at the store for a couple hours each month as soon as they're 8. As you can imagine - they were all very excited about this! He said it's about a year long waiting list! 

Today we changed the water and learned s lot about their habits, how to feed them, etc. 

While moving the fish from one tank to the other, one of the fish played dead. So, we named him scaredy squirrel after one of our favorite book characters who does the same thing. The others we decided to name Flash and Flippy.

Make 5 Memory

Fact fluency through 5 is something we've been working on. Today the children learned how to play 'Make 5 Memory'. There are numbered cards 0-5 and dot cards, also 0-5. Each player takes turns flipping over two cards, hoping to make a combination for 5. They really liked this game! 

Valentine's Day

The children had fun passing out valentines and decorating sugar cookies. 

100's Day hunt

More 100's Day fun to share! I numbered 100 starbursts (1-100) and hid them around the room. The kids had a blast looking for them and putting them on the number grid as they found them. We found 96 in about 10 minutes, 3 more the next day, and one is still unaccounted for.