Our Ducklings

Day 10 and 11

Our ducklings really enjoyed paddling in the tub over the past two days.We learnt that ducks have waterproof feathers and that a male duck is called a drake! We love learning new things in Kindy. Thanks Daisy!

For art this week, we made our own little ducklings using paper plates, cardboard and feathers. We have placed some around the room and up on our 'Meeting needs' wall.

We would love to learn some more about ducks. Feel free to leave a comment with  some duck facts below.

Duck Diary continued

Day 8 and 9

Wow! Our ducklings have grown!!! They seem to grow bigger by the hour. Their heads are almost touching the top of their grow box. We only have 3 more days with our fluffy friends and we will definitely miss them.  We found out that our ducklings can eat some vegetables so we decided to treat them to some peas. They went crazy for them and even showed off their diving skills in the water tub. Because the tub is clear we could see them using their webbed feet for paddling.

Duck Diary

Day 5, 6 and 7

On Friday, Kindergarten had a play with the ducklings in the morning. Lots of us decided to write about them in our journals. In the afternoon we had to say goodbye to them until Monday.

The ducklings had to go home with Miss Burgess for the weekend. They got to go all the way across the Harbour Bridge! Over the weekend the ducks had some much needed rest. When it was time to play, they roamed around the house and even had their first bath.

10 little ducks went out 1 day...

Day 3 and Day 4

We have been so busy taking care of our 10 little ducklings. We have given them lots of cuddles. Today we learnt about their webbed feet. We know that they have webbed feet to help them swim well. We also know about their egg tooth. This is the little bump on their bill to help them break out of their eggs.

Our first egg hatched!

DAY 1

Yesterday Kindergarten got 10 white eggs. Two of them started to crack just before home time. This morning when we arrived at school we found "Dippy Duck" waiting to meet us. He has already started to fluff up and will be ready for the "grow box" very soon.

                                                                                                        DAY 2

3 more sleeps...

Problem Solving

The Farmer can see 5 heads and 12 legs. What animals can the Farmer see?
The children had to work in teams and turn their thinking caps on to solve this problem.
Through trial and error, pictures and lots of discussion each team found an answer. Each team leader shared their answer with the class using the whiteboard and posters.