Adaptation & Igloos/ Iglús & adaptación

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This week we finish our study on winter by learning about igloos and animals that adapt to the weather. We learned that igloos are made out of blocks of snow and are built as temporary houses by humans and in cases, as permanent abodes as well. Eskimos or the Inuits are a group of native people from the Arctic regions of Greenland, Russia, or Canada, who live in Igloos. We learned that some animals grow thick fur or change the color of the fur to keep warmer during the winter. At dramatic play, the children pretended to live in an igloo and ice fishing for letters and fish. At blocks the children continue building igloos and ice structure for the penguins. At the sensory table, the children played with penguins, snow and plastic ice cubes. They stack and pretended to build a mini igloo. At art table, the children made an igloo, played with playdough and drew pictures of animals that adapt. At book center, the children used the flannel board to retell the book “The Mitten”. At manipulatives, the children used pattern blocks to make snowflakes. Also, we added a thermometer to our class. The children are taking turns recording the temperature. The children decided they wanted to learn about transportation!

 

Esta semana terminamos nuestro estudio sobre el invierno aprendiendo sobre iglús y animales que se adaptan al clima. Aprendimos que los iglús están hechos de bloques de nieve y que los humanos los construyen como casas temporales y, en algunos casos, también como residencias permanentes. Los esquimales o inuits son un grupo de nativos de las regiones árticas de Groenlandia, Rusia o Canadá, que viven en iglús. Aprendimos que a algunos animales les crece un pelaje espeso o cambian el color del pelaje para mantenerse calientes durante el invierno. En el juego dramático, los niños simularon vivir en un iglú y pescar en el hielo cartas y peces. En los bloques, los niños continúan construyendo iglús y estructuras de hielo para los pingüinos. En la mesa sensorial, los niños jugaron con pingüinos, nieve y cubos de hielo de plástico. Se apilan y pretenden construir un mini iglú. En la mesa de arte, los niños hicieron un iglú, jugaron con plastilina y dibujaron animales que se adaptan. En el centro de libros, los niños usaron el tablero de franela para volver a contar el libro “The Mitten”. En los manipulativos, los niños usaron bloques de patrones para hacer copos de nieve. Además, agregamos un termómetro a nuestra clase. Los niños se turnan para tomar la temperatura. ¡Los niños decidieron que querían aprender sobre el transporte!




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