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Another Trip to the Zoo – Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa
The zoo was just too much to see in one day. While we made it through most of the zoo on Wednesday, we ran out of time before visiting Africa…and you can’t miss Africa at a zoo! That would mean missing...
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Zoo Snack Mix
I decided to have some fun while studying “the zoo” by making a zoo-themed snack mix. (What’s more fun than fun food?) I pinned a recipe on pinterest a couple of weeks ago that sounded interesting to...
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Sensory Bin: The Zoo
We made our very first sensory bin this week! While studying “the zoo”, I thought that “ZOO” would be a perfect theme for a sensory bin. I perused the internet (don’t you just love google?) for ideas,...
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Chocolate “Dirt” Playdough Recipe & Zoo Activity
As our zoo study continues, I thought it would be fun to make dirt colored play dough to play with our zoo animals…and it WAS! We re-purposed our zoo animals and “grass” from our sensory bin, and used...
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More Zoo Learning Fun
“Dee” [age 2] (and several of the other children) have had so much fun learning about the zoo! What a fun theme for toddlers and preschoolers! We have continued our zoo study with these activities. A...
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Monkey Snack Mix
Our study of the zoo and monkeys included feasting like a monkey on this monkey-themed snack mix, with (what else?) dried bananas, assorted tropical goodies (like coconut!), and chocolate chip “bugs”....
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Learning About Monkeys and Caps for Sale {BFIAR}
As often happens in a child-led learning environment, while studying the zoo the children enjoyed learning about monkeys so much (and “Dee” especially LOVED the book Caps for Sale — I’ve renewed it...
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“Painting” Animal Crackers
More zoo fun! While studying a certain theme (in this case, “the zoo“), what is more fun to a child than feasting on a theme-based snack? Incorporating an activity to go with that snack, of course! Dee...
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Learning Fun with Giraffes
Our Caps for Sale (and other monkey-related activities) led us to Curious George, and — Dee’s FAVORITE animal of all — the giraffe! We checked out the following two books from the library: …And made...
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Handprint Elephants
Elephants are personally one of *my* favorite animals, so in wrapping up our zoo unit, we read Seuss’s “Horton” books, visited with the elephants at Busch Gardens (not pre-planned, mind you. It was...
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