Introduced an Easter song using felt pieces
Madelyn played with the felt pieces
learned a new verse
remembered I had a butterfly song about the life-cycle
colored and filled in an April calendar
read The Salamander Room
read a few facts about amphibians
counted the critters in The Salamander Room using tally marks
read from reader
handwriting, cursive
looked at pictures of salamanders and printed off a drawing, put it in journal
found out salamanders do live in Arizona
made play-doh salamanders
read the Easter story, drew and wrote about Jesus in Bible journals
listened to Jonathan Park and looked up the Aucilla River
added a straw to our place-value cups, added another number to 100 chart and calendar
raed a butterfly poem by Emily Dickinson on a site I found, rememered I had an Emily Dickinson poetry book so we read several of her nature poems
two butterflies emerged from their chrysalises, gave them sugar water on tissue and watched them drink