This week our topic was all about eggs...how it is a safe place for a baby animal to grow…and that eggs are laid by birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects.
We spoke about the amazing large ostrich egg which is hard enough to withstand an adult standing on it to the small hens eggs which we eat.....Each child shared a story of their favourite egg meal (boiled, fried, scrambled) - I was told by one "my best is egg and mooshstersauce!!" – The children were very interested to learn the different properties of an egg, such as, the yolk, the albumen, outer and inner membrane – all which are needed in order for the embryo to develop properly and the air cell which is the spot that the baby pecks at on its way out…..! We did a beautiful worksheet on the life cycle of a bird - putting into order from egg form through the stages of development until it is a beautiful grown up bird – although challenging they tackled the task eagerly. In life skills each child made their very own little chicks hatching out of an egg…!!
Our letter focus this week was ‘k’ – the children created beautiful kites with brightly coloured sticks and ribbon and although a little confusing with ‘c’ words, in between the many, came up with words like, kangaroo, king, kid, kiss.
A big thank you to Benni for very kindly bringing bright plastic eggs for each child.
Wishing Meira a very happy 5th birthday which we celebrated at school this week and a Refuah Shleima.
Next week we enter the exciting world of insects, so please send some insect related items and books for our theme table.
So until we chat again……with love Morah Mandy
I love the beautiful nest that was made last week and came home this week!!!!
ReplyDeleteLuv Terri