The children
have been very interested in various types of animals and how they move. More specifically, the children have been
excited about how various animals eat and how they move as they eat. The children have started to recognize that
as animals eat, they use different strategies.
Some of these strategies might depend on the shape of the animal, or the
type of food it eats.
We
have been exploring this with the children by looking at video clips of
different animals. We have seen these
clips on the IPad, on the computer, and projected onto the wall. Throughout this, we have seen the children
react differently to what animal they see in the video. We have noticed that the children seem to be
making specific movements based on the animal they see. Some children will comment to us about how an
animal is moving but are not quite sure how to initiate the movement
themselves.
We have focused on clips of ducks,
fish, frogs, horses, giraffes, and cows as they eat. The children were most interest in these
animals, and some children suggested them from the beginning. Each animal eats differently, and as we
explored this with the children we began to take video clips of the children
reacting to the videos. These videos
will hopefully be shared at the Exhibit at the end of the semester.
