We Know About An Octopus...

We are finishing up the school year, but we still have plenty to share. After seeing movies, reading books and even getting to touch a real octopus, we were ready to write about an octopus. Take a look at what some of our classmates wrote:

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Octopus Video Requests....

As we continue learning about Sea Animals, we have watched several quick videos. The PM class requested to have these octopus videos on our blog. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do:

Thanks to the folks at National Geographic for making these available!

Octopus Come to Kindergarten...

We learned about the octopus a few weeks ago. Today, Mrs. Blakely surprised us by bringing three of them to school. They were not alive but they were REAL! There were two babies and one REALLY BIG one. We were all thrilled, and a little scared. We paired up with a friend and took turns looking at, touching and holding the octopus! Mrs. Varava came in to take pictures for us. You can see the excitement on all of our faces:

Thanks to Mrs. Varava for taking all these wonderful photos!

An Octopus in Kindergarten...

Today we had a chance to see, touch and hold a real octopus. In fact there were three of them. Mrs. Blakely surprised us by bringing them to school today. You can see how excited we were:

Thanks Mrs. Moeller for your help with the photos.

An Octopus is Amazing....

We learned some very interesting things about the octopus. Here are a few things that we know about these amazing animals:

• An Octopus can squirt black ink because they are afraid and they want to escape their enemies


• They have 8 legs


• They have 240 suction cups on their legs


• Their legs are called tentacles


• They have big heads


• They can change color for protection


• They are really smart, they can take the top off a jar to get at food


• They like to eat crabs


• Their bodies are squishy because they don't have any bones


• They can live in small spaces


• They use their siphons to go fast to get away from enemies


• They use their siphons to clean out their dens

We watched some really cool videos about how smart an octopus can be. Check them out:

• The Octopus vs. Mr. Potato Head (he also opens a jar in this video)
• Octopus glides through a plastic tube
• Octopus escapes through a small hole
• Octopus vs. Shark

Visit Enchanted Learning to find out more about the octopus.

Check back soon to see what other wonders we are learning about.

(flickr photo courtesy of: Sabinche)