It was my turn to teach at co-op today. We started with The Great Kapok Tree, and I taught a lesson on a snake that lives in the Amazon Rain Forest – the anaconda (ew! ew!!!!).
We had fun learning the ins and outs (ew! ew!!!!) of this crazy huge (30 feet long/200 pound) snake and then we made some snakes of our own. These are the perfect kind of pet- paper and paint. Of course only a crazy lady (me) would want to paint four foot long snakes with 15 children at one time. Well, some kids were MIA, so we didn’t really make 15, but it sounds dramatic.
Basically, I took green paper, cut it in half and stuck four pieces together. Each child got one. They accordion folded their snakes, rounded the edges with scissors, sponge-painted, added eyes and a tounge, and then some facts.
Here are some shots
Simon’s snake (left) and Elijah’s snake (right)
Complete with Anaconda facts!
After my lesson, we had a much more pleasant one on products of the rain forest. The kids made chocolate spoons (I don’t have any pictures, but don’t our kids have it rough?) and then they sampled all kinds of foods from the rain forest and made a physical bar graph out of legos (based on whether or not they liked it). The most liked food was mango and the most disliked food was coconut milk. They also tasted chocolate (100% – no sugar), papaya, avocado, coconut, and plantain.
the complete results
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