Mali & Max week 13

Our dad had a day off work this week so he was able to go to the aquarium with us. He hadn't been before even though most of the rest of the family has been a couple times. This time the penguins were not molting so we got to see them swim around. Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimmers and can swim up to 22 miles per hour. For our writing assignment later in the week we wrote about a couple of the animals we saw there. 

We got jump ropes this week and are practicing learning/getting better at jump ropes. 

In Music class we are now playing our Alouette song with both hands together. It is the hardest one we have done. The hands alternate playing the melody so that makes it tricky. We have learned all the note names for the treble clef so we practice those with our flash cards. 

We went on a scooter ride along the river trail and fed the ducks and played on the swings. 

They had fun pirate and mermaid and explorer skeletons at the aquarium. 

Lion fish

We always get a penguin donut there if they have them. 

We also got this giant rice crispy cube and calculated its

 volume. It was 4"x4"x3.5"=56 cubic inches

Mali learned how to use the potholder loops to make bracelets 

by finger "knitting" and has had fun making a few this week.