5-3: zoo theme

Wonderful extended day today.  Z is for zoo, zebra.  Color is black, shape was a square. 

After circle and singing time we made a zoo craft.  These square plates worked perfectly.  

They colored the animals and cut them out.  Then they pasted the animals on the plates.  

Then they strung the yarn through the holes and made a cage for their animals.  

We decided to have our snack at the park today.  It was lovely.  We also read a wonderful counting zoo animal book by Eric Carle.  

It was so cute to see them chatting together on the hillside.  They are all such good friends!

After we got back we had centers.  They are all animal themed.  

They are adorable!

We worked on writing our Z's.  

We had lunch at the picnic table outside. 

Roman was home by then so he joined us.  

They did really well and everyone ate their lunch. 

We made Z sugar cookies and frosted them.  

Then more centers.  In individual instruction they painted stripes on a Z shape. 

It was a full day of Zoo fun.  :)