Living Organisms

Why Living Organisms in Preschool?

• Brings nature into the classroom, improving students mood and behavior.
• Provides the opportunity for crucial bonding to the natural world. 
• Proven to reduce stress, better academic performance and increase health and well-being.
• Fosters curiosity and turns the classroom into a center for: observing, questioning and data collection.
• Helps children understand what living organisms need and how their own behavior and actions affect others.
• Develops empathy and respect for living things.
• Can be implemented to build conceptual understanding, along with skills and concepts across all academics.

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Class Pets: Millipedes

Living Plants