Our discussion question today was how mermaids breathe! Since there is no "real" answer to this question, it was fun to take what we know about oceans and breathing and come up with our own answers!
Do
mermaids use lungs or gills to breathe?
Logan- I think they have both. When they come up out of the water they
breathe with lungs and when they go back in the water they don’t have to hold
their breath, they switch to gills.
Aubrey- Gills because they breathe underwater for a long
time.
Jasper- Gills because I think they can breathe underwater
for a very long time and only pop up for a little time.
Ava- Both because mermaids are half human and half mermaid.
Ellie- I think they kind of have both because its half
mermaid and half human.
Camden- Both because they are under water and they also come
up. They never have to hold their breath.
Cooper- I think they have gills because they can breathe
underwater.
Hunter- Lungs because every once in a while they come up to
breathe air.
Annabelle- Both because half of the side is gills and half
of the side is lungs. When they come up
they breathe with lungs and when they go down they blow bubbles with their
gills.
Kailey- Both because they are half human and half mermaid.
Addy- Both because they are half human and half fish.
Connor- Both because mermaids breathe in water and their
lungs to breathe on the bench.
Toron- I think gills because they swim a lot!
Haiden- Gills because they can breathe underwater.
Luke- Gills because they can breathe underwater and can stay
under for a really long time.
Delaney- I think mermaids have lungs on the top and gills on
the bottom because they are half human on the top and half fish on their tail.
December is a magical time of year in kindergarten! Today we got to decorate cookies and the kids had a blast! They got to smear their own icing then use sprinkles that our elf, Snowing Penguin, brought for them! After lunch, they go to eat the cookies!!
