Monkeys EVERYWHERE!

This week we are discussing monkeys, and the letter "M".  The below link I have shared with the children today as we have discussed, "What makes a monkey, a monkey??"  We read the book, Monkeys Are a Lot Like Us, by Allan Fowler and learned that "Most monkeys have tails, but you will never se an ape with a tail."  We also learned that monkeys like to play, take naps and eat fruit, JUST LIKE US!  They bang on rocks and trees, can use tools and snuggle each other for love.

We practiced being monkeys and swinging from a vine, making monkey sounds like "Ooh, Ooh, Aah, Aah," and giving each other lots of snuggletime.  We practiced the sound that the letter "M" makes in the beginning of the word "MMMMMMmonkey!"  We also cut the letter "M" out with our scissors during our play dough playtime and we shaped and molded the letter "M" with long pieces of rolled up dough snakes. 

We also practiced this sound "MMMMmmmmMMMM," after we made a treat for ourselves of air popped popcorn.  We think that monkeys WOULD like popcorn if they had the chance to try it!

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Once outside we also pretended to be monkeys taking care of one another. We painted each other's toes with pink paints and then carefully washed each others toes off at the water table. :))

This afternoon since it will be VERY hot outside, we will bring our painting indoors and paint rain forest pictures with light and dark green.  We will observe the differences of the greens as we mix the paint ourselves using green and white paints. We will also continue our Hooked on Phonics lessons, and practice our new song Five Monkeys Jumping on the BED!!!