Day 24 Mammals

Good Morning Kindergarten! All week we have been learning about different types of life cycles. We have looked at frogs, butterflies, and turtles. So far, all three of these animals are hatched from eggs, but not all animals hatch from eggs. In fact, there are hundreds of animals that give birth to live babies just like humans. Mammals are a large group of animals that give birth to little versions of themselves as babies. Animals like elephants, horses, lions, tigers, dolphins are all mammals. Let’s learn a little more about mammals in this video: https://youtu.be/kACaok7DRlM

I could not find a good video about the life cycle of mammals, but I did find this picture. Take a look at this life cycle model. It shows that babies are born and their mom feeds them and takes care of them. Then the babies grow up and mom shows them important skills like how to hunt or hide. Finally, when the babies are all grown up, they become adults and leave their moms to start their own families.

There is special kind of mammal called a marsupial. Marsupials carry their ababies in a pouch until they are big enough to venture out on their own. Let’s learn a little more about marsupials. https://youtu.be/4s0Ewd3pG4s

Now we are going to listen to the book Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?  By Eric Carle. This is a pattern book. That means that it has mostly the same words on every page and only the animal changes. Let’s listen for that pattern in the story.

For today’s activity I would like you to add your own page to Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by writing “Does a ___________ have a mother, too? Yes! A ____________ has a mother just like me and you.” You can pick any animal you want to fill in the blank then draw a picture of that animal and its mother. I look forward to seeing what animal you will add to the book!