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Today friends noticed the chameleon tape dispenser on the teachers desk and wondered if it was a frog. So we looked at pictures of frogs and decided it wasn't that. We looked at other pictures of reptiles and figured out it was a chameleon. Then we watched a video of it's changing colors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioblgpA5eTo  "He is camouflage!"  "What is camoflauge?" "They change with their surroundings, that has to be it! I think it's true!"  "How do you think chameleons change color?" "Well, octopuses have pieces of microscopic skin that changes their color." "So you think they are similar?" "Yes, but octopuses are cephalpods. Chameleon's are reptiles." This conversation got friends talking about octopus's and submarines. We started designing a submarine to look for octopuses. 

Today Zoe's mom came in to teach us about the Chinese New Year. Zoe's parents are from Taiwan, so she showed us a map of how far away St. Louis is from Taiwan and China. She said that they Skype with their family during their 'reunion dinner' of the New Year but they are eating breakfast in Taiwan and they are eating dinner here in the States!  Then, she showed us a video about the history about the Chinese New Year. If you would like to watch it, here is the link . "Is that the Chinese New Year? All those people are there!" "Why is the monster only in the New Year?" "Look at all that good food! I love Chinese food!"  She brought in supplies so we could make our own dragon!  "RRRRRRROOOOAAARRR!" Then, we had a parade in our room! Thank you for sharing your culture with us, Zoe!

Happy Birthday Will!

Lots of chefs in the kitchen today preparing our butter noodles!  The kids had quite a time smelling and peeling the garlic.  But once it was roasted with butter it sure smelled delicious.  The noodles may have been quoted as being the best noodles in the whole world!

Last week while some children were making noodle necklaces, they talked about their love for eating noodles.  So we decided that we are going to make butter noodles in the kitchen tomorrow.  We were missing some ingredients from our kitchen that we needed.  A trip to the Straub's on this beautiful day ensued.  The kids did a wonderful job staying together and finding our ingredients.