Jim reads "Who is in the Pond?"

We don’t actually have a pond in the school, but we do have some very active imaginations


We hid toy animals/flash cards under a (fortunately) blue blanket, but told the children to be very careful not to dip their toes in the ‘pond’. We asked them what they thought might be ‘in there’…All kinds of suggestions and it sounded very dangerous indeed - so we moved a little bit further back from the edge and didn’t peek!

Instead, we read along with Jim, checking our guesses off a mental list as we went. There really were some fierce animals to be wary of…as well as some very nice ones that we can find in our local pond in Agata-no-mori Park. And when we finished the book?

Of course, we jumped into the ‘pond’ to see what we could find!

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Who is in the pond?

While we were watering our bionic plants on the balcony this morning in pre-school, and chain of toddling 'hoikuen' kids made their way up the riverside. Our girls wanted to join in - so we did what we wanted to do this morning - our giant floor puzzle, a new matching game taking turns nicely - and had a picnic in front of school on the grass for lunch.

Ant invasion! It was funny to see spillage being reclaimed and carried through the grass and over our feet back to their nest! We could almost here them saying "Thank you for lunch!" They were quite big, and tickled when they walked on us!

It was a bit too hot, so cooling down in front of the fan was essential - and we read how other animals keep cool in a pond or by rolling around in the mud. We made our own pond, and were careful not to dangle our toes in it - bit dangerous! Soon enough, after we read the book together (podcast available tomorrow afternoon) we dived in to find an alligator with sharp teeth, a rhino, a hippo and a pair of baboons grooming each other!

Goodness me, a wildlife pond right here in the middle of Luna. And "Who was in the Pond?"....we were :)