Octo: Two O's Make 8

Theme: Letter "O"

Choosing Time: Octopus Legs in the Ocean, Ocean in a Bottle, "O" Toss, Ocean Puppet Show, Octo Blocks, Puzzles, Ocean Memory, Tea Party, & Pokemon
Music: 8 Arms Swimming & The Octopus

Movement: Hokey-Pokey, Once There Was A Snowman, Shake the Sillies, Dancing Snowmen, Fun Dancing, & We went ON and OVER

Lesson: We sang a song, "I'm Learning O Today." I showed various pictures of things that begin with "O" such as olive, oval, orange, on,.....We sang about each picture. We practiced drawing O. We practiced saying the 2 "O" sounds. I drew an O and had them say "Octo" with me. We had fun seeing that two letter "O's" make the number 8.

Books:

• Olivia by
• Oliver & the Monsters by Tony Blundell
• Octopuses by Diane Swanson
• Octopus by Lynn M Stone
• Blue-Ringed Octopus: Small but Deadly by Natalie Lunis
  

Art: Octopuses
Math: Fruit Loop Number Book
Science: We learned many things about Octopuses.

1. When there is more than one octopus, you have octopuses or octopi
2. Octopi have 8 arms called tentacles
3. Their mouths are underneath their bodies
4. There are many "suckers" under the tentacles
5. Octopi do not eat people.
6. The Blue-Ringed Octopus is a poisonous one. It is very tiny. It lives near Australia, which is far from us.
7. They can change color and shape
8. They don't have a back bone, but they have large brains, and large eyes
   

AM Snack: Orange Fish Crackers, Orange Fruit Snacks, & Orange Slices

PM Snack: Orange Crackers & Apple Slices