Cows, turkeys, and geese, oh my! This past Thursday we climbed aboard our growing wagon train and adventured through Prospect Park, headed in the direction of the Zoo. Along the way we sang winter songs, observed animal families, and even read a few books. One friend hoped he'd see baby animals at the zoo.
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As soon as we arrived we made our way to the Prairie Dog exhibit, crawling through cave-like spaces and peeking our heads above ground. After a climb through shells of giant tortoises, we ran excitedly to greet the swimming, barking, California sea lions. Our friends were mesmerized by these creatures and predicted where they would bob their heads above water next!
Onward to what became the highlight of our day, the Barn and Garden! We toddled up close to the barnyard animals noticing the beautiful long, white feathers of the geese and the fluffy soft wool of the sheep.
Soon enough our friends realized that the animals poking their noses through the fence were hungry! We rushed over to get some grain pellets, and held out our hands and the animals hungrily gobbled the goodies.
Back in the classroom we enjoyed our second art class with Lisa! We added a layer of oil pastels to our black paper glue creations. Lisa explained to us that colors can be as warm as the sun and we used our pointer fingers to blend the warm colors together. 
What a wonderful winter day spent with old friends many new animal friends! We look forward to what we'll see on our next trip to the zoo.
