{"id":320018,"date":"2026-07-23T14:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isnedu.org\/?post_type=shimauchi-campus&p=320018"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:13:22","slug":"what-does-a-dolphin-say","status":"publish","type":"shimauchi-campus","link":"https:\/\/isnedu.org\/en\/shimauchi-campus\/what-does-a-dolphin-say\/","title":{"rendered":"What does a Dolphin Say?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have had a really fun and interesting week this week! We have been looking more deeply into our unit of inquiry, and talking more about animals. What animals we know, what animals we like, and how animals act. We even spent time using our bodies to express ourselves and pretended to be a variety of different animals! Dogs, cats, horses, lizards, elephants and even camels!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also looked into what a farm is, and what types of animals live on farms. We then talked about how those animals might connect to our everyday lives. Students were really interested to talk about the animals that they knew and also weren’t familiar with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students have also been really enjoying singing together. Last week we started singing “Old MacDonald” but now students are creating their own original versions. Like “Old MacDonald had a Dolphin” or “Old MacDonald had a Lion”! This got us really curious about what sounds different animals make. This will continue to be a fun area of our inquiry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have also been spending valuable time outside, playing with water, and exploring the properties of water while in the pool. Students have also been getting better and better at getting changed by themselves, as well as cleaning up by themselves. Good job everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Waterfall students are definitely more used to the routine and environment now, and I can see students feel more confident to speak about their opinions, and take risks expressing new ideas. It’s great to see so much development in such a short amount of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":320029,"template":"","shimauchi-category":[230,28],"class_list":["post-320018","shimauchi-campus","type-shimauchi-campus","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","shimauchi-category-waterfall-blog","shimauchi-category-shimauchi-preschool","en-US"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t