fuzzy friends

Saturdays around here are usually a test day, open weekend (meaning no tests, but other things may go on and students can stay), or extended weekends (once a month they have to go home). Chris is one of the lucky profs who have to have tests on Saturdays, and this past Saturday was one of those lucky times. So Elle and I decided to go to the zoo and take a toddler class. It's an hour long and includes a snack, craft, story, playtime, and animal encounters. The only bad thing is you have to pay, but members do get a discount. The theme for this class was "fuzzy friends" and there was lots of learning about animals with hair. We even saw one of her friends from Sonshine school!

They had pillow pals in a semi-circle for each student to sit on, which I thought was a cute and fun idea.

The got to touch some animal hair (zebra, kangaroo, and snow leopard).


Cute animal cups and fish crackers for snack.

Putting her wool on her sheep.

Petting Sylvester, the chinchilla

Then we watched him take a dirt bath.

At the end of class the teacher took us into the zoo to see more fuzzy friends.

This is the book that we read. It's been one of Elle's favorites for a long time. When she was a baby we started reading it to her, and she loved the rhyming and Daddy's fun voices for each animal helped too. A quick google search gets you tons of activities for this book. I found a cute activity from a blog called Listen & Learn. To find it click here.