Kindergarten Lesson

With Kindergarteners, this is there first time coming to the WCS. In order for them to have a great experience their first time, we teach them about the cutest things, animals.
The students enter and they sit in their seat. We give one-two kids a card which has a native animal of Kansas of it. The students figure out what kind of animal they are assigned and when it is their turn, they go to the front and talk about their animal. Animals that are not commonly know to kids this young are taught with having them activity move and show the characteristic of that certain animal. Once they’re done learning about the animals, we get animals skins out to everyone. Each kid find their own animals that they were assigned and sits by it. Next, they can go around and touch/observe all the animals that they’ve learned.
At the very end of the lesson, once all the furs are put away, we teach them the Habitat Song. The Habitat songs consist of a very catchy tune about certain animals living in certain habitats. Even older students who come to the WSC remember and still want to sing this song .