The Owlets continue to become experts on tropical rainforests! So far they have learned what a rainforest is, the different layers of the rainforest, and the various amphibians, reptiles, and mammals that live in each layer. Recently, the Owlets stayed up late, got out their flashlights and explored the nocturnal animals that roam the rainforest at night. With the help of the book While the World Is Sleeping, the Owlets learned that some of the animals in our woodland forest are similar to the nocturnal animals in the rainforest. In the local forests we have possums, bats and owls, and in the rainforest there are striped tree possums, fruit bats and flying foxes and spectacled owls! To help keep track of all the nocturnal animals they learned about, the Owlets added a nocturnal rainforest to their room.
Next, the Owlets learned about another type of interesting and unique life in the rainforest: the plants! There are a lot of really different plants that live in the rainforest. The Preschoolers learned that carnivorous plants have evolved to trick insects into thinking they have food; some plants even smell like rotting meat. The Owlets made some venus fly plants for their classroom using paper plates, and then added some flies for the their venus fly traps to eat!
The Owlets are excited to teach the Saklan community all about the tropical rainforest next Friday, May 31st at 9:00 a.m. during their culmination event!
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