A Hoot of a Kindergarten Class!: week of March 30 |snapshot|

we continued our study on the life cycles of different bugs this week with honeybees, houseflies, and ladybugs. we learned many fun and gross facts, looked at lots of gross pictures and videos, and learned a lot!

here I let the students figure out how to make handprint honeybees. it didn't take them long at all to talk it out together. they turned out really great!

the students also decorated the Egg Tree all be themselves :D

my first April Fool's Day.

with Kindergartners.

success.

there was Saran Wrap.

and the switching of nameplates.

and laughter.

and why did the chicken cross the road? jokes.

and just in case you wondered, it's to get his underwear!

to get to the movies!

and because he wanted to go to the chicken coop!

for morning snack, I made the students bacon and eggs. I thought that was so sweet.

I don't understand why they were so distraught!

so it was candy and pretzels and not really bacon and eggs. April Fools!

the students did really well with Bunny Directed Drawing and Measurements!

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and for afternoon snack I slaved over the hot stove and made brown E's for the students' dessert.

again, I didn't understand why they were so distraught! ;)

such a fun day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh. and we learned about the history of April Fool's Day.

The History

In the 16th century, France celebrated the New Year just like we do today, except they partied on April 1st. In 1562, Pope Gregory changed the calendar to the one we use today and from then on, the New Year began on January 1st. Lots of peeps didn’t know about the new calendar, or they ignored the new calendar and kept celebrating on April 1st. Everyone else called them April fools and played tricks on them. Fools

Around the World

In France today, April 1st is called Poisson d’Avril, which means April Fish. Children tape paper fish to their friends’ backs and when the young “fool” finds out, the prankster yells “Poisson d’Avril!” In England, tricks can only be played in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a “noodle.” In Scotland, you are called an “April gowk,” which is another name for a cuckoo bird. In Portugal, April Fools’ is celebrated on the Sunday and Monday before Lent. Pranksters usually throw flour at their friends.

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here the students are completing a 100's Chart Hidden Easter Egg Picture.