Last week, our MWF classes learned about sharks and whales. We learned sharks are fish and whales are mammals (introducing the concept of mammals). We learned baby sharks are called pups and baby whales are called calves. That's funny. We saw how big a whale shark and a blue whale are. THEY ARE BIG! This is an easy activity for you to do at home. If you child is interested in sharks and whales (or any other animal for that matter) get a skein of yarn and measure out how big the animal is (we do this activity for dinosaurs, too.) It was great fun to see the children get wide eyed as I kept walking and walking with the yarn to see just how big that blue whale is (it really makes one feel very small). Ask your child what they remember about whales and sharks.
A trip to Shedd Aquarium and you can see belugas---http://www.sheddaquarium.org/belugawhales.html
Good whale and shark website---http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Good whale website---http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/whales.htm
Good shark website---http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/
Keep the learning process going at home! Learn more about these amazing creatures with your child!
