The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Z is for Zebra

W is for Water!

Wow!  What a great experiment with water.  For more easy breezy experiments:

ttps://www.stevespanglerscience.com/

The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly

Here Is Your Heart

Amazing Animals-Eastern Gray Kangaroo

Australia 2022

"Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting. " Sargent Shriver

Our MCP students are travelling to the Land Down Under and learning about Aboriginal Art.

You might want to ask your child:

Why is Australia called 'The Land Down Under'?

Australia is surrounded by water, so it is an....

Can you and your child talk with an Australian accent?   What is an accent?

How would you travel in Australia?  

What animals live in Australia?

Are the children in Australia asleep or awake?

More info---

https://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2020/01/aboriginal-art-2020.html

Emperor Penguins in Antarctica

Polar Bear, Polar Bear

 

We are learning a lot about polar animals.  Students are learning to identify the North Pole and South Pole and which polar animals live at each polar region. There are so many polar animals. 

It is so cold in these areas, we have to ask, "How do polar animals keep warm?"  Polar animals are covered in blubber.  We learned that blubber keeps animals warm.  Find out more and how to:

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/01/polar-animals.html

The Best Dressed Bird in the South

The Polar Bear

10 Arctic Animals

Mr. Moose

Pumpkin Power!

For the health and safety of our students, there are lot of MCP activities that we will not be able to have in the classroom this year.  You might want to try some these ideas at home with your child!  

One of the easiest is just to get a pumpkin and cut it open.  Have your child look, touch and smell.  If you have a magnifying glass let your child look up close.  Pull seeds out and count.  How do the seeds feel?  Estimate.  Do you think there are ten seeds or more than ten?  One hundred?

Mix up pumpkin playdough!

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/10/dough-boy.html

More playdough recipes:

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/10/perfect-playdough.html

Easy breezy pumpkin muffins!  Yummy!

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/93290/easy-pumpkin-muffins/

It's just a can of pumpkin.  Cover up your child with a smock or old t-shirt. Use a plate or cookie sheet and draw shapes, numbers, and letters!

or just have some messy pumpkin fun!

Lots of fall fun for you and your child!

Visiting the Largest Bat Colony on Earth!

Fruit Bats

A Pumpkin Grows

Bees

Egg in a Bottle

This requires close adult supervision.  

Z is for Zebra