Nature Club, October 21,22,23

Since it was Halloween week at school, I dressed up as Mother Nature to play a game. Most of the preschoolers had never heard of Mother Nature and, when asked what they thought I was, came up with a flower girl, a bride, a fairy, a witch and a flower. Our nature game consisted of 12 different natural items that they were supposed to find in the classroom and then mark off the picture of the item. When all items were found, they brought the sheet to Mother Nature, who gave them a piece of Halloween candy.
It was lots of fun and an interesting reminder of what things were natural. I made sure to have some people on the sheet, so the kids would remember that people are part of nature, too!
Happy Halloween!

Nature Club -October 12, 13, 14

We all went BATTY this week in Nature Club! Since it's only a few weeks until Halloween, I borrowed a Bat Kit from the DNR so we could learn about those much-maligned little animals. We learned that bats are not birds, they are mammals. They fly at night using echolocation and eat many, many mosquitos. We looked at bat books, played bat games, played with toy bats and got to see a real bat and a real bat skeleton encased in plastic. Great stuff and the preschoolers loved it!