After discussing the calendar and weather at circle time, we read Dear Zoo. We had to take turns flipping up the flaps as we read to follow along. Then we talked about our favorite animals. For our first small group, we stacked legos and counted them to measure common zoo animals. We sorted animal pictures by those who usually run, fly, or swim for our second small group, discussing disagreements as we went. For our last small group activity we worked on vocabulary by locating animals on charts and smashing play dough to cover them. We had a terrific Tuesday!