Kinder Zoo gets kids wild about learning

The Pilot Point Early Childhood Center cafeteria was overrun with kindergarten critters on May 1.

As part of the annual project, the young Bearcats spent time researching the animal of their choice to write and illustrate their own book about those creatures.

“It’s so good to see from the beginning of the year where they just knew their name, and now they’re writing complete sentences,” kindergarten teacher Dominique Gauthier said. “They understand how to do a finger space. They know what a stop means at the end [of the sentence]. … It’s super cool to see the progress.”