Z is for Zebra

Zebra week was just too fun. We learned about these ungulates (members of the horse family) from several library books. We were surprised at how big the plains zebras get—actually measuring 6 feet high at the shoulder! We looked at a picture of a zebra and drew the stripes on a blank zebra as closely as possible to the markings we observed. Then we painted tall, brown grass in front of them and saw how the stripes could be good camouflage for a zebra. This tied in our biblical lesson for the week, “I can’t hide anything from God.” We read Psalm 139, Psalm 33:13 and Hebrews 4:13 as some examples of how much God sees. We are so glad to know that our outer hurts and our inner feelings are all just as important to God, and he sees it all as plain as day, even if we keep it a secret from other people. We took a break on the 13th to make Valentines using some fun craft ideas from Anika. Then on Thursday, we went back to the concept of continents and countries. We practiced naming all seven continents and all 4 oceans. Then we made an awesome mural of Africa with pictures of many wild animals that are exclusive to Africa. We looked in an encyclopedia to figure out what part of the continent they would be found on. Like our ocean mural, this took a lot of work, but was also very fun and gratifying! Some other fun games we played were hide and seek and Wild Animal 20 questions, which Ardara is now addicted to. And we finished off the week and our entire wild animal section with a surprise trip to the Phoenix Zoo! See our School Outings post for photos.