We were so excited to start our Museum of Discovery visits with Mrs.Susan this past week! Once a month, for five months, Mrs.Susan will visit PreK and will bring with her an animal.
Mrs. Susan taught us all about the differences in vertebrates and invertebrates. We learned that insects and bugs are invertebrates and have exoskeletons, meaning their bones are on the outside of their bodies. Due to the weight of their exoskeleton, which is very heavy, most invertebrates remain very small. In order to grow larger, animals with exoskeletons must shed their current skin and grow a new one, even spiders!
The first animal Mrs.Susan brought was a great example of an invertebrate with an exoskeleton...a tarantula! Talk about creepy crawly!
I was so impressed with how brave all of the students were! Mrs.Susan allowed the kids to get up-close and personal with the tarantula and not a one of them even flinched, which is something I can't say for myself.
After Mrs.Susan left, we made our own spiders to hang from the ceiling to add to all of our Halloween decorations!
We started by making blue, green, or blue/green bodies complete with cute faces and and bow ties and hair bows.
We then learned how to accordion fold strips of paper to make our spiders' 8 creepy crawly legs. The kids did a great job with this fine motor task!
Our finished products were much more adorable than the real thing, which I am very happy about! :)
I somehow missed Miss Ava's picture with her spider! I will take that tomorrow and get that uploaded ASAP!
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