Animals in Winter

We are having fun learning about winter animals and what they do to survive the cold temperatures!  The children always love to talk about animals and they did some really neat art projects to go along!  From penguins to bears to snow birds, we tried to cover them all!

 

 

 

 

The 2 year olds really enjoyed talking about how bears spend time in their cave!  They even pretended to be bears one day as they hid under the tables!

As the children learned about how some animals have blubber to keep them warm, we created a science experiment so that the children could see what it is like.  We used ziplocs and Crisco to create a "glove of blubber".  We then had the children put one had in the glove and then stick both hands in the ice cold water to see which hand stayed warmer.  It's safe to say, they liked the blubber better!  

Our letter of the week was "X".  There aren't too many words that our little guys can use that start with "X" but we did have fun making and playing Xylophones!

On a side note, our teachers have created very cute bulletin boards for winter!  One with snowmen who hope they don't melt and the other with "Southern Snowmen" who have already melted!