12-8: Christmas Unit

Today was so much fun!  C is for Christmas Tree.  There were a couple snow-themed activities that I didn't have time to do last week so we threw them in just for fun.  There are so many Christmas themed activities, stories, and crafts it's really hard to pick which ones we will do.  After circle time we had a snowball fight with balloons.  The kids thought that was pretty fun!

 After our snowball fight, we came inside and made Christmas trees with ice-cream cones, frosting, and treats.  The kids are getting much better at spreading but it would be good if you could help them at home with this skill.  They loved this activity.

 Today was Kaisley's birthday so she wore this cute crown.  We sang to her and enjoyed doughnuts that her mom brought for us.  Thanks!

 They are so cute!  We washed our hands and went upstairs for centers.

 During individual instruction the kids made hand print Christmas trees.  They turned out so cute!

 I love our winter themed centers!

 I've said this before but every time I see our classroom working as it should, it makes me so happy.

 Snack time was upstairs because our Christmas trees were on the table downstairs.  Thanks Harper!

 After their handprint trees had dried, they decorated them with stickers.  I am in love with this craft!

See you all on Thursday!

12-4 : Christmas Unit

S is for Santa!  Another fun day!  I really didn't get very many pictures today but I managed to grab a few.

 Each day begins outside with the playground equipment.  Please send your kiddo in a jacket.  The mornings can be quite cold.  Thanks!

 I didn't get pictures of our other activities but here is one that we enjoyed.  We made Santa faces!  We colored them and then we glued cotton balls on to give him a fluffy beard.  So fun!

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!

11-26: Autumn theme (stone soup day!)

Yay!!!!  It's stone soup day!  I will be perfectly honest, this was my favorite day so far of instruction.  It was pretty magical!  I didn't get very many pictures of our wonderful day because we were too involved in what we were doing but I did get a few.  During circle time we listened to the narrated version of the book, "Stone Soup."  If you don't know the story I highly recommend reading it during this time of the year.  The basic theme is Sharing.  If everyone shares the little they have, then everyone has more.  Anyway, then we moved over to the table and our own personal magic stone was revealed.  I wish you could have seen their little faces!  They had so much fun pouring their ingredient in and taking turns stirring the soup.

 You have all made simply lovely children!  Good job!

 While the soup was cooking downstairs we went up to the classroom for centers.

 We had a stone soup themed water activity.  It was a hit - maybe too big!  Sorry if a few came home with wet sleeves!

 During individual learning the children colored ingredients that they were to cut out and paste in the pot sheet at home.

 After centers we went downstairs for our feast.  I snuck down earlier and set the table so it was all ready for them.  The house smelled amazing!  I am incredibly proud of them!  Every single one tried the soup.  Not all of them finished it but they all tasted it.  Great job guys!

It was a beautiful day!