Tadpole Club

At one of the parks near our house, there is a free program for 3 and 4 year olds called Tadpole Club.  I had heard about it from a lady at church about a year ago, but never got around to signing up.  This month, since we were finished with cubbies and our weekly Bible study class, I decided to sign Lilly up for the club. 

The first week, they learned about logs - what are logs? What animals live in them?  What animals eat them?  Then, we went on a hike around the park to find logs and explore the bugs living in them.  They had a craft, a snack and a story after the hike.  Lilly was a little nervous because she was the "new kid" in the group, but overall she had fun and learned a lot.

Second week, we learned about how animals move.  Ranger Monty went around and asked each child what their favorite animal was and how it moved.  Almost every little girl said a kitten, but when he got to Lilly she told him a giraffe and a rolly poly. This made me laugh.  We went on a hike to look at different animals and the way they move - birds, fish, bugs, frogs, etc.  Again, there was a craft, snack, and story at the end.  Before the story, Ranger Monty brought out a snake and let it loose in the middle of the floor so the kids could watch it move.  Then, he brought it around so each child could touch it.

This past week, we learned about armadillos - the Texas state mammal.  Lilly learned that there were 9 different kinds of armadillos, but only the 3 banded one can roll into a ball.  On our hike, we saw a armadillos burrow and places where they had dug around to find food - grubs.  The craft was making an armadillo out of a paper plate. 

Lilly is getting more comfortable in the group, which I like and she is learning a lot, which I love!   Definitely, a great program!