Miss Emily came in and talked to us about bees. She explained the different jobs and what each of them do for the good of the hive!
|Miss Emily explaining the jobs of bees|
|guard bees keeping Miss Emily (the intruder) out of the hive while construction ants work on the hive|
|Queen Bee Gracelyn accepting the nectar from forager bee Brystol|
|Nurse bees taking care of the larvae|
In the afternoon we did a few "experiments" surrounding our topic of the week: SPIDERS!
We learned that spiders have a special oil on their legs that keeps them from sticking to the web.
To put this theory to work, we had a piece of tape on a plate- we pretended our fingers were bugs and they got stuck on the web. Next we dipped our fingers in a little bit of oil and our fingers glided right across the tape!
Next we learned how spiders "liquify" their prey with a special venom they have. To figure out what this means, we used a sugar cube, an eye dropper and water. Dropping water onto the sugar cube made the sugar cube dissolve much like the "innerds" of a spider's prey. Needless to say, we did several sugar cubes!! :)
Lucy is our STUDENT OF THE WEEK this week. Lucy has 3 sisters! 2 big sisters and one little sister. She loves the color red- does NOT like snakes and wants to be an artist when she grows up! Lucy brought in several pictures for us to oooo and aaaaah over- our favorite being a cute close up picture of her eating watermelon!
Wednesday we had fun doing several Spring/Easter activities including making bunny helicopters! I told the kids that this was their one chance to STAND ON THEIR CHAIRS and not get in trouble. The kids needed to adjust the ears on the rabbit to make it spin just right. After a few minutes of trial and error, most of the kids had it figured out.
Next week: (April 17)
Student of the week: Marissa
Snacks: Ella and Ellie
Week of April 24
Student of the week: Memphis
Snacks: Elliss and Evie
Please be sure to read the colored notes that were in your child's folder on Wednesday, April 12. They are very important!
Field Trip information will be coming home the first part of May. There is a note regarding an opportunity for you in your child's mail from Wednesday.