Dolphins

This months Mother Goose Time theme is A-Zoo animals.  Day 4's lesson was D for dolphin.  We started the day by adding a dolphin to the animal ring.  We also read a book about dolphins.

We watched some youtube videos of dolphins and listened to the different noises they make.  Elli decorated a paper cup and used it to make her own dolphin noises, which she thought was super funny.

We talked about how dolphins are playful.  Elli matched the included shape cards to the toys shaped like them.  She also went on a shape hunt around the house.

I put all of the letter tiles, one of the manipulatives for this month, in a tub of water.  Elli used a slotted spoon to catch the letters and then feed them to her dolphin.  After the dolphin ate them she would write the letter in her my little journal.  After she did all 26 letters, she dumped them all back in the water and did it again.

Elli pretended to be a dolphin jumping through hoops and swimming.  She also took a turn as a dolphin trainer and had me jump through hoops.  We finished up by reading another book about dolphins.