Reptiles!!

 During the month of March we always have so much going on. It is one of my favorites and I have to share it with spring break. Here are some of the fun things we did...


What would a month without sugar cookies be like in my classroom? We learned about primary, secondary and treachery colors when we made the dough such a beautiful (or not)  shade of brown. We shaped it into little turtles and gobbled them up as soon as they were cool enough.

Brown Sugar cookie turtles

I also love the idea of kids making books that they can read to their parents. We give the kids little "flash cards" with words and pictures on them for them to copy. It's a hit with children and their parents.

 We did some turtle/tortoise sorting, and we learned some of the differences.

 Added a little matching alphabet game....

Made some cute little turtles to swim in our pond with tissue paper, mod podge and plastic bowls...

 And even had a visit from a local museum which brought a baby alligator for us to see!!

 Of course we couldn't do this unit without talking a little bit about frogs and toads.

We made a frog life cycle wheel...

 And a Venn Diagram stating differences in frogs and toads.

 

Though the unit is over I am still on the hunt for tadpoles. We successfully grew frogs last year and I hoping for the same this year. I'll keep you posted!!!