The Serengeti

Weekend News

Vivian- On the first day, I went to my grandma's house to go to the kids museum. There were race cars and a digging sandbox. There was trains you could ride on, chugga chugga choo choo! On the second day, I had swimmy swimmy class class. I went under the water and guess what I saw?! A shark! But it didn't eat me. The shark is my friend. It tell me it's name and it said it's name is Drinking Cup.

Dylan- I ate peanut butter toast and I got dressed. I went in the snow with my mommy and my daddy and Barrett. I made a snow angel.

Asha- Savi was just sucking my arm and I played in the snow. I played with my family and Savi. 

Zev- I went to New York City and I saw one of my friends, who I met at Camp Havaya. Then they gave me and my mommy two bags of cookies. Whole wheat sugar cookies! They were good and I had one. Then I went back home.

Gracie- I watched the game. We cheered. The Eagles got three scores I guess. We made a big tower at the house in the snow. I scooped the snow with shovels. Soon dad was hungry and we went in. We had some lunch.

Natey- I go outside. I play in the snow. My daddy helped me put my clothes on. I put on my coat and my hat and my gloves. I go sledding. Daddy pulled me in the garden. 

Jessica- I liked that we went to the mall and we played with daddy. We had a tent. We have a clock, it's blue at night and yellow at morning. We went to Chick-fil-A. It's the mall! Then we did all the stuff together with AJ, daddy and mommy. We got together because it was a special holiday and we got glass. That's all my weekend news! The end!

Henry- It snowed! I watched a movie. It was called Earth. It was about animals, a lot of animals that live on Earth. I watched another movie. It was called Ramona and Beezus. I liked it.

Millie- I played with my brother. We played Beyblade. I saw my reindeer that was googling. 

Jaylen- I played in the snow. When we were sleeping, it was snowing. Then we woke up and had breakfast and mommy and Sadie and Kaya went out to the Meeting House, and me and daddy stayed at home and we played and then we went outside to do play in the snow. Then I came in and had some lunch.

Thea- I played with Quinny inside and he climbed up my bed and he just climbed everywhere on me, the whole week, and he slept on me when I was sleeping on the couch. I went to Whole Foods and drived to there and got a surprise. The surprise was doughnuts, and muffin and cupcake and that's it.

Lincoln- Spend time with Toby and my family. We played games at the cousins house. We played tic-tac-toe. I go somewhere with my daddy and my mom and Toby came and Nanny came. We went to a house.

As you know, the Sparrows have been studying the African savanna and it's animals. The Sparrows know the largest savanna is in Africa, and that these grasslands take up much of the continent. This morning during morning meeting, we began to home in on a specific area, the Serengeti. Using a map, the Sparrows got to see where the Serengeti is located in Tanzania.

Friends watched a video about the Serengeti, which shared facts about the place and its animals. Watching the video gave friends a visual and idea as to what the Serengeti looks like. We will continue to delve deeper into this area, exploring the land, the Maasai people, language, culture and more.
Right now, we are just working on saying Serengeti!

During our discussion, a friend asked where their houses are. We shared that we will explore this more and look at what people's houses may look like in this area.

Soon after, we had snack, which was crackers with cheese and/or hummus and bananas.

Next we had choice, where friends built towers and buildings out of magnatiles, played Cootie and Chutes and Ladders, and worked on their January self-portraits. These activities help friends to practice turn-taking, communication, problem solving, motor skills, counting, and team work. These skills are all beneficial to friends' development.

Ask your Sparrow the name of the largest savanna in Africa.