Whales are much bigger than you! MTG

This week we learned about whales.

Did you know that whales are NOT fish?

Whales a mammals and breathe air.

They breathe in and out through their blowhole. 

The biggest whale is the Blue whale. It can grow up to 90 feet long.

The smallest whales are 13 to 15 feet long.

To show how the children how big a small whale was, we rolled butcher paper across the entire room. Had the children lay on the floor feet to head to see how many kids it would take to fill the paper length.

  It took 4 kids one one side and 3 with room to spare on the other side

I then measured each child individually to show them just how small they were to a small whale.

Note-I wasn't too picky about where their feet were at the bottom of the paper, so some are really bigger or smaller then the line on the paper.

But wow, are people small compared to whales.

We also learned that whales can hold their breathe for along time...

about 3 to 8 minutes.

None of us came close---yup, we tried it.

We took turns seeing how long we could hold our breathe and recorded it.

For art..we practiced blowing like whales.

I diluted paint with water to make it runnier and place a few drops on each child's paper whale. The children used straws to blow the paint into different directions to make cool designs.

Finished product

 We played a fun game to help us learn the letters, numbers and sight words for this month.

We played it first as a small group and then I showed them hoe to play it alone -for when they take it home.

I placed the turtle cards in rows on the floor. The children took turns turning them over and then finding it's match on their own card.

For letters, we named the letter and said it's sound.

For numbers, we identified it and then counted to the number.

For sight words, we sounded them out.

 The children placed plastic makers on their card to match the card that was turned over.

 These are all of the cards---numbers, letters and sight words for the month of April.

To play the game alone, the child turns a card over and finds it's match. Places the card on his/her playing card until all cards are used.

Mother Goose Time