Zoo Unit

My little monkeys at Preschool were awesome this week... We talked about Zoo "Aminals" (as a few say it) and they all brought in some GREAT show and tells. They are now pretty proficient at show and tell and they are even getting better at asking questions to the person showing their item. Okay, so maybe still only half the time they end up as questions, but they are great at raising their hands and saying something. Whether it is pertaining to object being presented or not, that is another story, but still. They are some pretty cute kids. We missed Sky today and I only remember things from today, so sorry she's not in these. Ava was concerned about Sky all day. She kept asking if I was SURE that she wasn't sick. :)

Show and Tell:

Ava: This is my giraffe. He's a good runner, but when he runs in the street I have to protect him.
Steven: What's his name?
Ava: Giraffie, but his friends all call him Ritaxis.
Mimi: I've seen a giraffe!
Ava: Yea. It's right here!

Carlitos: This my monkey. Monkeys swing from trees. Listen! (pushes the foot and it does a monkey sound.)
Maleia: Is he speaking English, Spanish, or Hungarian? (hey. It's a question. That's pretty good for Maleia.)

Opposites:

You can see that these might be some new ones for you...

Jenny- Pink and Not Pink
Maleia- Good and Time out
Ava- Nice Horsie and Bad Rataxis
Steven- Busy and Bored
Carlitos- Wet and Swimming
Mimi- Funny and Sad

Animal noises:

What does an Elephant say? Ava- "Babar says things, but I don't remember."
What does a Lion say? Maleia- "Moooom! Lions don't talk!" Jenny- "Silly Miss Monique!" Carlitos and Steven- ROOOOAAR!!! Girls- Scream! Ava- That makes me scared. Make them stop! (I'm not sure if it was the roaring or the screaming that scared her.)

We quickly moved on to something more intriguing. I just thought it would be fun. :) Apparently not so much.

Snack:

We have been eating a lot of peanut butter sandwiches lately.

Here have been the ones we have eaten lately:

Cracker, PB, and raisins
Bread, PB, and Jelly
and then today... Cracker, PB and Apples!! I just had them on the side with the PB and crackers, but they insisted that they go on top. (It's amazing what a little peer pressure and/or PB will do.)

Hand washing:

For the first month or two I would have to watch and help with the hand washing and they have been independently washing their hands for a few months now and today I walked in and there were bubbles filling the sink to the point that it looked like a big ice cream scoop of bubbles.

They used the whole bottle of hand soap... the hardest part was that the main culprit was MY CHILD. sigh. Her excuse: "Mom, we had lots of glue on us and need a lot of soap. The more bubbles we have, the cleaner we will get." That sounds like a commercial or something. . .

THE WINNER OF THE DAY:

During Show and Tell-

Mimi: I have three puppets which means they are not real. Crocodiles eat people.
Jenny: oooooooo. Scary!!!
Me: Weeeell, they just eat meat. That means they are carnivores.
Steven: My dad used to be a carnivore! Now he's in the Air Force.
Jenny, daughter of a Army father: (click of tongue) That's too bad.

I had to take a timeout after this one... oh my sides hurt from trying to hold it in! I'm considering turning this one in for the Reader's Digest.

I'm thinking he was thinking "civilian." ?? Either way, it was GREAT and I know Jenny's parents have indoctrinated her on the joys of Army-dom. I've been around enough military in my life to know the "playful banter" that goes on between the services. heehee!