Penguin Books

Placed a few of my favorite penguin books on display in the reading center this week. 
You know we all Love Tacky the Penguin!
We will be making penguin puppets, painting polka dot penguins, building pattern block penguins,  researching penguins on a penguin symbaloo and even drawing a penguin of our very own!

Penguins

So tomorrow I go back to school after a long winter break! We are going to spend just a bit of time on New Year's resolutions and then dive right into one of my favorite units...Penguins!! Today at Reasors, when I was grocery shopping, I saw the cutest giant stuffed penguin ever! It was bigger than my firsties. SAD though!! The cute thing was $200!! I really really want it! :( Oh well. So I have some cute art projects that I will post later.We are collecting a bunch of milk cartons to make an igloo too! I have some great books to read and some cute little penguin clips form youtube that I will be showing. Here are the links I will be using.... SCAMPER BABY PENGUIN BEING TICKLED! PET PENGUIN IN JAPAN BABY PENGUINS FIRST STEPS PENGUIN NOISE DISNEY PENGUIN CARTOON DISNEY PECULIAR PENGUINS CARTOON PEEPING PENGUINS PENGUIN ON ICEBERG TACKY THE PENGUIN BOOK

The Emperor's Egg

This is a great book about Emperor Penguins. The kids always find it interesting that the daddy penguin takes care of the egg on his feet and doesn't get to eat for a long time! They like to hear about what the babies eat too. Their reactions are so cute.
As a followup activity to the story I had them draw and write 4 things they remember and liked about the Emperor Penguins. I think their papers turned out pretty adorable.





Dad guards the egg! (cute!)




(love the picture of the penguin sliding on belly!)




(awww, look at the penguin family!)




(Ha! the mommy gets sick in the baby's mouth.)

Polka Dot Penguin

This is an idea I got from my Aunt Suzie who taught for many years. You just get a penguin template, some pencils and some paint! Super easy! I just put the materials in a center and let them dot away.

Meet Scamper

This week I will be starting my Penguin unit. This is a picture of the newest edition to our class! Last week we got to watch a special show called Scamper. It was about an adorable little penguin that the children fell in love with. I spotted this little guy at Hobby Lobby and just had to have him. He is going to join us this week in class as a behavior incentive. I bet I have the best behaved class of the week. I mean seriously...who wouldn't wanna earn a chance to snuggle with this cutie?

Cricut Penguins

These are the cute little Penguins that I made with my Cricut this week. We hung them up in the hall to decorate for my upcoming penguin unit. The kids really liked making the craft. Although, I have to admit I like the crafts that dont look so perfect better. I am going to have to do some more research on what to do with my cricut!