12-1 : Christmas Unit!

S is for Snow!!!!  We had a wonderful day today.  I love starting a new unit.  Honestly, I didn't get very many pictures today because we were just too busy having fun.  :)  In circle time we learning about snow and snowmen.  We met my toy Olaf who talked and sang to us, we started learning our Christmas songs, and we read the book, "What do snowmen do at night."  It's a fabulous little story with awesome illustrations.  I highly recommend owning it.  We did a snow painting and then we went upstairs for centers.  This is when I can usually snap a few pictures.

 I change the centers with each unit.  The kids really like these rubber band boards.

 This is one of our Christmas sensory boxes.  It is filled with little "snowballs" and small toys that relate to snow.  The kids have to dig to find the objects.  The other sensory box has shaved ice that the kids can scoop and touch.

 We worked on differentiation in individual learning time.  They had to find which one was different in each row and circle it.

 We have so much fun with centers.  I love how they can each follow their own learning path.

 We had snack time upstairs because our pictures were drying at the table downstairs.

 Our last activity was to make an ornament.  These are fun and simple. They scratch off the black to reveal the colors underneath.

 Here is a picture of our snow paintings.  I think they are beautiful!