When KDH parents Jon Crane and Lindy Miller signed on to be room parents, I'm not sure what they thought that would entail. Maybe some simple shopping and phone calls.....
We took the octopus outside and gave everyone a plastic glove. We admired all the suction cups, found the head, eyes and mouth and counted the arms. It was a BIG octopus.
KDH loving to share, left the octopus with Morah Gail (who is a docent at the aquarium) to show to Kitah Gimel and talk to them about it.
Imagine Lindy's surprise this week when I asked her to buy an octopus at the Farmers Market. Our texting went like this:
"Question: When are you going to the Farmers Market. We need an octopus."
"Uhhh...Seriously? Like a whole one?"
"Yeah. If you find it too creepy, I'll go."
"I'm happy to."
The next day, Amitai informed the class, "You know you can get an octopus at the market." He was excited to go shopping with his mom.
Amitai and his dad came in this morning lugging a very large octopus! We put it aside for the class to examine later in the morning.
Our lucky day, Ziva's dad came in and offered to read to us. We gave him, An Octopus is Amazing. The class sat spellbound as he read to us all about the octopus, its suctions cups, how it changes colors, has no bones, squeezes into small spaces and how it sprays an ink like liquid to keep predators away. Oh yes, it has eight arms.
KDH loving to share, left the octopus with Morah Gail (who is a docent at the aquarium) to show to Kitah Gimel and talk to them about it.
'Was a fun and informative morning, made possible by the helping hands, generous hearts, and involvement of our wonderful parents. Thank you!!
Morah Ruth
Awesome!!!
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