March 25, 2014 Blog Posting

Kindergarten and Level One

We are continuing to study mammals.  Today, we learned about the only two egg-laying mammals: the platypus and the echidna.  Both live in Australia.

Here are a few fun videos of these mammals:

Playing with a baby platypus – Super Cute!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6QHzIJO5a8

Wild Kratts Episode on the Platypus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyjeoKohJ8

Video about echidna (Note: the word monotreme simply means egg-laying mammal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qm6O-HG02E

Baby echidna called a puggle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGleaTJoy1U 

HOMEWORK:  No homework.
 

 Level Two and Three

We have begun studying the moon.  We learned the eight phases of the moon today with a live demo and oreos!Here’s some review:
Moon phases:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhokvJZFURg 

Fun Moon Phases Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyWd_F3iS00

Do you like it? 

HOMEWORK:Review the moon phases for a candy quiz on Tuesday!  Let me know what you think of the song.