After learning that Antarctica is far away from Laporte and probably too cold for them to visit, kindergartners at Cache La Poudre Elementary creatively brought the coldest, southernmost continent to their school with their Penguin Day celebration.

The special day was the culminating event to a geography unit on Antarctica that involved the kindergartners comparing and contrasting Antarctica to where they live in Colorado. To celebrate all that they learned, the young students wore penguin head pieces as they participated in a parade and several penguin games.

The festivities included measuring themselves against a life-size replica of an Emperor penguin, acting like Rockhopper penguins as they hopped over rocks, caring for a penguin egg between their feet, playfully sliding on their penguin bellies, and enjoying a tasty snack of goldfish.