I SHOW LOVE TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY MY FAMILY.
Some of the treasures we found for the letter Pp.
BOOKS
Great books we read for our penguin unit.
WORKSHEETS
Working on her handwriting, writing in the missing letter from the alphabet, and some cursive.
Doing her cuisenaire rods worksheets, identifying the pictures that start with the letter Pp, and her cut and paste worksheet.
Finished her reading, writing, and drawing worksheets.
MATH
Continuing on working on her adding, subtracting, and identifying the numbers by 10s.
Comparing her height and weight to Emperor penguins.
In the beginning of this year, before we ordered our MFW curriculum we had done a lesson on penguins, of course this time around we went more in depth. At the time I made different types of penguin shapes. This was a great review for her. I was so glad she was able to identify all the shapes with no help.
ARTS & CRAFT
Cut out the penguin body, feet, and beak. Kanani then glued cotton balls, which she pulled apart, to form the penguin's body and face. She picked out the pink eyes, because her penguin was girl and it's her favorite color. Then she glued the memory versus on the penguin's wing. Saw this idea on Glued to my Crafts Blog.
Made an oval shape for the penguin's body and cut out some feet and a beak for Kanani to glue together. Got this idea from Crafts Unleashed Blog, she used felt but I like the foam sheets best.
Found these cute penguin shape foam from Target in their Dollar section. Went great for this unit. Let Kanani decorate them however she wanted. She did a great job.
ACTIVITIES/GAMES
Made a penguin and glued it to a shoe box with an opening in the mouth. Cut some fish shapes and wrote numbers by 10s from 10-100. I would call out a number and she would identify it and feed it to the penguin. Even little man enjoyed feeding the penguin. Great for number and color recognition. Got this cute idea from
Rainy Day Mum.
Put together a sensory bin with some play snow which I made with 2 cups of baking soda and 1/2 cup of cheap conditioner. Added some snowflakes to resemble ice blocks or icebergs, some blue pebbles to represent water, and some penguins. Each penguin has a number from 0-10, which she put in order without being told. Like any activity where she can learn in different ways.
SCIENCE
Learned that there are 15 different types of penguins and most live south of the equator.
Identified the penguins body parts.
Saw the different stages of penguins and their life cycle.
GEOGRAPHY
Looked on the map to identify where most penguins live. They live south of the equator, where it's colder, and in the Antarctica.
MOVIES/VIDEOS
Here are some of our cute and wonderful movies we own, penguins are so great.
Great documentary on Emperor penguins, we really learned a lot from this video.
The kids watched Octonauts and the Adelie Penguins, learned they live in the coldest part of the Earth the Antarctica. Such cute little penguins. This is from season 2 episode 2, they also have another one called the Penguin Race that's season 1 episode 51.
SPANISH
pingüino
MEMORY VERSUS
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
~1 John 4:7~
POEM
PENGUINS
By: Author Unknown
Their suits are black and their vests are white.
They waddle to the left and they waddle to the right.
They stand on the ice and they look very neat,
As they waddle along on their little flat feet.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Waldteufel: The Skaters (Waltz)
Penguins have always reminded me of men in suits. They always look like they are ready for an elegant party or get together. One thing I love about them is how they stay with the same mate for the rest of their lives. So many great qualities: family oriented, help each other out, it takes a village, and they always stick together.
Hope you enjoy our penguin unit.
GOD BLESS!
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Unit 9: Octopus
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Unit 8: Dinosaur
Letter U
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Letter T
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Letter A
Letter L
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Creation Unit and Letter S
Creation Unit and Unit 1: Sun Classical Music Composers
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