A Visitor in Kindergarten

Every moment is a teachable moment.  Even though we had finished our unit on insects, one of our Kindergarten Kiddos brought something in many of us had never seen before --- a praying mantis.  It was very cool!  It's long body made it so very easy to see the three body parts.  It's tiny slow moving head with two big eyes on either side and very noticeable jaws was fascinating to see.  Then we got brave (or I should say - finally I got brave) and we took him out of his jar and watched him move his very long legs.  The boys and girls got closer and closer as we watched him move around.  It was very hard to draw ourselves away to start our day.  We all decided --- VERY COOL !  Thank you to Mark and his family sharing their find with us.  Anytime something great like that comes your way, don't be afraid to bring it to Kindergarten --- we love visitors --- of any kind!

Yep - That is me touching a praying mantis!! As my granddaughter would tell me "Be brave Nana!"