Both of the kids continued to work on their pond life projects this week. We took a "field trip" to a pond and saw pond life up close and personal. While we were there we saw turtles, tadpoles, minnows, a pond skater, fish, ducks, cattails, reeds and lily pads. The kids fed the ducks, fish, turtles and minnows bread. Some of the turtles were pretty large and were taking some big bites out of our bread! They loved watching all of them eat. We talked about all that we'd read and learned earlier in the week. This was Joe's first time being at a pond like this and seeing so much live pond life in action. He soaked it all up and has been talking about it all week. Hanna loves anything to do with critters and nature, and had just as much fun as Joe.
This week both kids worked on more "critters" for their pond murals. We aren't going to "put them together" until all of our creatures are finished, so no pics until the finished project.
In addition to that, Hanna worked on a written report she is completing on pond life. Joe and I continued to read books about pond life and talk more about pond habitats and critters.
I made a pond themed Muffin Tin Monday lunch for Hanna and Joe. They were so excited when they got to the table and saw it!
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do you think you could mail us some tadpoles for our pond unit :)?
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