Hip Hip Hooray! It's Penguin Day!

A morah walked through the halls and saw Gan Aleph waddling around like penguins. "What's the occasion?" she asked. "It's Penguin Day!" On Tuesday, Gan Aleph arrived at school wearing black and white and excited to celebrate all that we have learned about this fascinating animal. We began the day with a special penguin snack. The children were provided with oreo cookies, candy corn and chocolate chips and were presented with the task of building a penguin on their plates using these items. It was fun to see how different children used these items in different ways to create their penguins. Of course, the best part was when we got to eat them!

Next, we played a fun math game using jellyfish. We sat around in a circle and looked at these jellyfish swimming in the "ocean." The children were presented with different addition and subtraction problems based on these fish. For example, "6 fish were swimming in the ocean. Along came a penguin named Vicky and ate 3 fish! How many fish were left!?" Vicky ate the fish and we counted the remaining fish together.

In the afternoon, we had our very own waddle relay. The children lined up into two teams and were given a ball to hold in between their knees in order to ensure the best possible waddle! We raced back and forth in the halls and cheered each other on! It was a wonderful display of good sportsmanship and we waited to make sure everyone had a turn to waddle.

By the end of the day, our penguin bulletin board had gone up and our life-size penguins were hung next to it. The children are so proud of their work and invite you to waddle your way to our outside bulletin board to view their creativity and enthusiasm for the penguins!