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We are starting a unit about deserts with Experience Early Learning (formerly Mother Goose Time) and it looks to be a lot of fun!
Last week with Experience Preschool we spoke about our country and what the “wild west” was and long before cars and trains (they didn’t believe there was such a time), that people walked and used covered wagons to expand west.
I reminded them of this and showed them that along with mountains, there are deserts. We looked at pictures of deserts and saw cacti.
I brought in a small cactus and they were thrilled to see it-no-they didn’t touch it.
I introduced the Sahara desert in Africa and we had a wonderful conversation about the differences and similarities.
Our discussion question for the day was, "What do you notice about deserts?"
We talked about the climate and the kinds of clothes people wear and how scarce water is. We learned about what an Oasis is then played a number game with an oasis. We sure had fun!
Another topic from this week was small desert animals and the children made their own silly desert animal puppets to go along with this lesson.
Don't forget to check back next week to see what we're up to with our desert theme from Experience Early Learning (formerly Mother Goose Time).
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