It was so lovely to see everyone today after our two week spring break. It was great to hear all of the stories and to see how happy the kids were to be back together again.
As promised, we started our day visiting with some cows. We spent a very informative half an hour, learning all about what dairy cows eat, how they are milked and a little about their biology and life cycles. The presentation was excellent and the kids were fantastic audience members, listening politely and asking really interesting questions. Here's a little look at our new bovine friends….
This is Josie. She's 6 and she is currently 5 months pregnant. Calves are born after 9 months gestation.
Here we are looking at Josie.
This is Charlie, she is a two month old calf. She already weighs about 140lbs.
We learned about all of the different things that these dairy cows eat.
Here is the milking machine. We saw it in action.
Each dairy cow produces about 8 4 litre jugs of milk per day!
We were able to get a closer look at the calf and the adult cow.
A closer look at the food.
Today, Miss Maria read us a story about feelings and we drew some of the feelings that we have had on a post it note and added all the feelings to a chart. Sometimes it's tricky to think beyond "happy" and "sad". We practiced using more descriptive words like "excited", "nervous", "disappointed", "distressed" to really explain how we are feeling. We will continue to talk and learn about feelings over the next little while.
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