INFANT THROUGH SCHOOL AGE
Before we began learning about armadillos today, we played a really fun game called "The Present Giving Game". It was so much fun and also a wonderful critical thinking exercise. It began with me pretending to give a child an imaginary gift. I would then pantomime giving a child a ring, a candy, or maybe even a toy. The kids would then guess what the gift was, and whomever was the last to receive the gift took the next turn to choose a friend to be the recipient of their imaginary gift. The kids had a total blast with this and were so excited to both give and recieve the gifts! Here is a fun clip from the school age room today, to give you the basic idea:
THE GIFT GIVING GAME
The infants enjoyed using shakers today!
We learned so many fun facts about the armadillo today, including:
- Anteaters are related to sloths and anteaters!
- Their bodies are designed for digging.
- They like to eat eggs, small birds, and anything they can find in the way of insects, like grubs and ants.
- The Armadillo is the state mammal of Texas!
- The name comes from the Spanish word for “little armored one”.
- Armadillos are very good swimmers, but can’t see very well at all!
The song we learned today was a fun, latin inspired song called "The Armadillo Dance". We used the cues from the music to rest, and "Shake-shake-shake" in time. We also did a motion pretending to dig. This worked very well with our shakers and the kids had a great time.
MOM AND DAD CONNECT
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More fun facts about the armadillo here, at TheJungleStore.com