Ms. Small and Ms. Lawrence's Pre-K Class 2020-2021: Tigers and Dogs

The class learned a lot about tigers and dogs today.

Max presented what he had learned about tigers. Sharing where they live. What they eat and how much they can eat, an amazing 100 pounds of meat, equivalent to 400 hamburgers. The class asked some great questions tracking what Max was sharing. Max answered most of the questions and when he was unsure was able to admit he didn't know the answer.

Max talked about the differences between white and orange tigers

Charlotte: "Are they born white or do they turn white?

Max: "I don't know."

Ren: How many stripes they're gonna have?"

Max: "Not much stripes when they're born but they have more and more stripes each birthday."

Grace:"How many stripes do they have in real life?

Max:"Hard to tell."

Livio: "Do white tigers live in the snow?"

Max: "Siberian ones do. They're orange."

Lucy: "Do they eat humans?"

Max: "Well, I heard on the news that they ate one."

Farrah:"How do tigers get their stripes?"

Max:"They get stripes when they're in their mom's belly."

Most of the classspent work choice time outside on the playground. At the end of the morning we listened to Anne's presentation on dogs.

She had learned how dogs help people. Explaining "There are servant dogs, guide dogs, guard dogs, farm dogs, police dogs and fire dogs." This sparked a lot of conversation as the children were surprised to learn that dogs did these jobs.

Charlotte:"I didn't know about any of those dogs."

Livio:"I didn't know that dogs can help people see."

Max: "I know that dog knows it can go if there's a red light."

Jenna:"How can they hold the thing that the person drops? (sniffer dogs)

Anne:"He doesn't it just smells it." Anne got down on the floor to show us how a dog would sniff a scent.

Lucy:"How do they sniff it out?

Anne:"They have really good noses."

Anne told us that farm dogs are usually border collies. Police sniffer dogs are usually blood hounds.

Ren:"I have a labrador dog."

Anne:"That is this one." pointing to the dog she had drawn for the fire dogs. Explaining how they can find where a fire started.

When I asked if she had a favorite dog she replied,"My mom likes all these kinds of dogs.... I like all of them too.

The class enjoyed being outside and the time seemed fly by.

Making bubbles when you can't blow. Spin, spin, spin

Or move the stick up and down

Making a pond

Looking at red tailed hawks

Digging in the sand

Practicing on the monkey bars

Thinking of ways to challenge yourself on the monkey bars

Making your own paint out of chalk and water

A little quiet time with a friend

Making a sculpture from items found in the playground

Making a trap

Wands for sale! What size would you like?

More water?

Creating in the inventions center

We also had time to read a story, Eric Carle's book the tiny seed. Telling the story of a seed that gets blown by the wind finding a place with sun, water and soil to help it grow. This tied in with all the pea and pumpkin plants that we have grown and planted in the playground.