Penguin Parents

We have started a "mini unit" learning all about penguins.  Today we practiced what it would be like to have to balance an egg on our feet for 2 months…I don't think any of us even lasted 2 minutes!  Then we tried passing an egg from the female to the male.  Did you know that after a female Emperor penguin lays an egg, she passes it to her mate and then returns to the sea to eat for the next 2 months.  The male then looks after the egg during the dead of winter, without any food for 2 months.  The males huddle together for warmth and protection from the bitterly cold wind.  We tried moving together to form a huddle all while trying not to let our "eggs" roll off our feet and onto the "ice".  Take a look…...