Thanks to our parent council, Kindergarten students and staff were given a wonderful opportunity to have Zoo to You visit our school. In the weeks leading up the visit members of Team Jelleybean engaged in numerous opportunities to research various animals and creatures that might be brought to the school for us to see. Studies included the Tarantula, Scorpian, Hedgehog, Sugar Glider, and Python.
These are some of the facts discovered:
Scorpians
Scorpians
Scorpians are danger. They could still bite and pinch. (LK)
The scorpians poop out slime. (RL)
The scorpian's tail is like a stinger like a bee. It stings people. (SB)
Do scorpians eat spiders? They can if they want. (LE)
Scorpians eat bugs. (LT)
Baby scorpians go on mom's back. (NB)
Scorpians eat crickets for dinner and for dessert they eat mice and lizards. (RH)
If you touch a scorpian it will sting you. (LK)
I’m wondering what are baby scorpians called when they are babies? (BG)
Tarantula
She makes the web on top of the grass and goes under the leaves and then got 'em. (KL)
What did she get? (ML)
A mouse. (KL)
The lady said it's just ringing a dinner bell. (RM)
What's like ringing a dinner bell? (ML)
When the spider gets the mouse it touches the web. (RM)
I’m wondering if something eats spider webs because sometimes there are spiders in my playground. (CC)
Hedgehog
They eat snakes and worms. Just like birds, ya they eat worms just like birds. (DG)
They eat snakes, they are so tough with the spiky things on their backs. They just poke the snakes. (LT)I discovered hedgehogs eat snakes. (CL)
Hedgehogs have little spikes that really hurt. (BG)
He eats dead animal bodies? He rolls up into a ball and then rolls over. Look how fast he is! He goes this way, this way, this way and this way! (MB)
One animal, the House Hippo (aka Skinny Pig), caused particular interest and as a class we observed a number of video clips, trying to decide which house hippo Zoo to You might bring.
House Hippo commercial
A hippo in the house (Jessica)
Hippo Song
Hippy (Happy) the house hippo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxJgtrWhaOE
After watching each video students engaged in conversation, discussing which hippo they thought might possibly be brought to our school and why. Once all 4 videos had been watched students used dots to show their choices. We used our mathematicians brains to then figure out data gained from this visiual.
(Which House Hippo do you think they brought? The answer will be at the end of this post!)
Finally the day arrived when Zoo To You came to visit Jersey P.S.
When our principal came to see what all the excitement was about she was encouraged to participate!
Did you guess which house hippo they would bring?
Thank you to Ms. Bruno (DECE) for arranging this amazing experience for us.
If you are interested in more information about Zoo To You contact:
705-432-3490
I had this group come to Kinder class last year and loved the experience along with all the kiddos. We even had 2 of our kiddos lie on the floor with their eyes closed while the tarantula walked on their face. Not sure i could have done this?
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Kim Clark
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Thank you Kim for your comment. It was a fantastic interactive experience for all and the kids are still sharing their thinking in so many ways. Some are enjoying talking about it by examining photos we took. Some are writing about their own particular experience (i.e. using a photo of themselves holding a particular animal). Some have had a little help uploading a photo to their blog post to share with parents. Talk about purposeful writing. We also as a group wrote a letter (interactively) to our parent council, who made gave us the opportunity to book a special event and they covered the cost.
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