Kindergarten partners and owl research on the iPads

Owls heads swivel.

Owls have strong talons

Owls are nocturnal.

The great horned owl has feathers, not ears on his head

Owls have excellent hearing.

Owls can hear a mouse's heartbeat

Owls have feathers that help them fly silently

There are over 200 species of owls

Our visiting owl was a spectacled owl from South America, but raised in Ontario

Our visitor, Inspector is free to fly every night at his home in Duncan

Did you know owls' ears are behind the feathers around their eyes?

Choosing last week

Inspector pays us a visit

We have a bit of an owl theme evolving in our classroom and Mannix's family was instrumental in having 'Inspector' pay our class and our buddy class, Mrs Batista's,a visit.

Mindy, his trainer and companion taught us so many things about owls in general and Inspector in particular. 

Lucky Mannix!

And a few more owl and group shots:

You might like to look up facts on the spectacled owl with your child..

A very wet day at the garden

But all boots stayed on the feet!

First we learned to plant garlic,

Then we raked leaves to make soil,

And finally we actually planted the garlic!

Kindie buddies and pattern block problems