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Tuesday, September 21

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

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We sang Raffi's version of "Going to the Zoo" all week long in anticipation of the big day.

But first we needed to practice being animals......

I bought a package of 21 zoopals plates, cut the eyes out and put yarn on the back to tie it on. We used the turtles, tigers and monkeys. (I was a little bummed there wasn't a Zebra.)

The adventurers are all playing inside a really

large furniture box.

The zookeeper enjoyed feeding the animals!

Field trip to the Zoo

I gave each of the adventurers a "You can find it" map with a picture and description of the different animals we could find at the zoo.

rhinos

We had a fun time! How about you, you, you. You come too, too, too. We went to the zoo, zoo, zoo.

Zoo cages for grow and expand animals

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The children watched in wonder as a tiny encapsulated animal grew and expanded in the water into.........SURPRISE... a tiger! We did a science experiment to see in what kind of liquid the animal would grow the fastest in, Coke or water with vinegar. The coke was a little faster than the water with vinegar but some adventurers realized that by taking off one end of the capsule that the animal would expand even faster!

Each person poured their own water and put in the tablespoons of vinegar into the little white cup. They enjoyed stirring and watching, wondering what kind of zoo animal was growing. This activity was great for all the adventurers to be actively engaged in a science experiment together. I loved listening to their dialogue, "You need to stir more. If you don't stir you won't get an animal" "No that animal looks like a bear, I don't think it's a tiger."

The adventurers put their animals on the paper towel to dry and then began to work on their cages for the animals.

We used brown lunch sacks, markers, scissors, tape and colored Popsicle sticks.