Arctic Animals

After spending a couple weeks talking about animals in the winter, we finished up our winter study with animals that always live in the cold. Although this focus topic was brief, we still had a lot of fun exploring the north and south poles, and the different animals that make their homes there.

Penguins

Shape penguins on the felt board

We used icy trays and water beads to explore how penguins slide on the ice, and swim in the water.

Some students added fingerprint penguins to their snowy pictures from earlier in the month.

Black and White

One of the penguin books we read inspired us to also think about the colors black and white, so I set up my keyboard for some exploration of patterns with those colors.

North Pole Animals and Polar Bears

Then we thought about animals at the North Pole, and mostly focused on polar bears.

Arctic Animal Sensory Play- the kids started categorizing the land and water animals. 

A polar bear alphabet game. 

Polar Bear Masks

I saw these from another teacher on my Instagram feed, and I couldn't resist. 

We used them to sing some songs during music time after they dried.

We were inspired by the illustrations from two books to create our last snowy art project.

I love how these turned out, even if many penguins and polar bears ended up in the same picture. :)