ANTS were the insects of the day!! These little bugs are easy to find outside....we've all seen them everywhere!!

We had to start the day with our science activity because it needed some time to "work"!  We made some predictions about what kinds of foods that ants might like to eat.  The kids named all sorts of things!  Then we took a paper plate and divided it into three sections....cake, cereal, and grapes.  With real food in each section, we voted again!  Cake and grapes were pretty closely matched!  The kids have really got the hang of this voting thing!  We dropped our plate off in the sunshine on our way to the playground.....hoping that some ants would find their way for a snack....

Our book of the day was one of Ms. Ellen's favorite, Hey Little Ant by father/daughter team, Phil and Hannah Hoose.  This book poses the eternal question:  to squish or not to squish!  There is a boy in the book who struggles with what to do about the little ant he finds beneath the shadow of his shoe.  The best part about this book....it ends with a question....What would you do?  The kids get to decide how it ends.  10-1 we decided to let the ant go!  I wouldn't dare say which kiddo has a small rebellious streak and wants to step on the ant.....my lips are sealed!

A check of our science on the way out to find Moms showed only a few ants!  They were on the cake when we started observing, but those ants were indecisive!  They wanted to try all the foods and crawled from section to section with no apparent favorite!  Each child walked away from our little experiment thinking that they had made the right prediction!!  Couldn't have worked out more perfect!!

I almost forgot to mention art today!  It was full of surprises!  I can't tell you about the things we made.....it's a secret....maybe the crafts will stay hidden in backpacks until Sunday.  If not, know that was the intention!!