In our classroom we have a paper lemur that travels around the room. The class gets to find her during morning meeting ( if they haven’t started looking already). We have named her Lucy the lemur. One day a classmate said that Lucy looks like a raccoon and that led to the discussion.

What makes them similar? What are the differences? Here are some pictures from that investigation and what we did to figure out why Lucy the Lemur isn’t a raccoon.

Ms. Heather showed us with a tape measurer the average size of a lemur and that of a raccoon. We got to draw pictures of both.

She also brought weights so we could feel how heavy they are. The weights were passed around in morning meeting and the drawings were done during free play.

Ms. Heather also found some facts about where they live as well what they eat. We all learned something new and had fun investigating what makes them similar and what are their differences.

We learned that while lemurs and raccoons have some similar features that they are not the same animal.

We have had such a fun and busy start to our year! We have been getting to know everyone in our class, having dance parties and bubble parties!

It is already September and this school year has been a time of learning and exploration; from the new class schedule to small groups and our new outdoor environment. We have had fun every day learning and growing together.

Here are a few photos of the year thus far:

We love our new patio area and we are able to run and jump and play and use all of our gross motor skills.

Inside the classroom we rotate our table activities and our block area items. Sometimes we have interesting ideas about how to use classroom materials.

We still get to use the big preschool yard and we really enjoy the time we get to play there! The only thing that is missing is grass and we get that when we go to the big field.

So far this year we have been twice and we are excited for future visits. We played red light, green light. We ran races (the children won most of the time) and we kicked some balls around the field. I get asked every day if today is big field day.

We have started small groups as well! In our small groups we get to explore many different subjects and learn about the world around us. Small group activities are posted in the classroom on the parent board.

So far we have accomplished so much and we look forward to the rest of the school year.

(This is Lucy the Lemur. Lucy travels all over the classroom and each morning we ask the children to find her. Feel free to help the children find Lucy as you drop off or pick up)