WINTER WONDERLAND!

Dear Parents,
We continued our winter theme by cutting out snowflakes and creating the most adorable styrofoam snow people.  First the children glued a styrofoam ball on top of a cup and then dressed him/her with scarves, hats, buttons, and yarn. The children had so much fun creating their snow people that the other children could hardly wait their turn.

The highlight of the week was a visit from Lucky Bob, the magician.  He put on a phenomenal show.  The children were giggling through out the 45 minute performance, and that is quite an accomplishment for a group of 3-5 year old children!  I am not sure who laughed more, the teachers or the children.

We ended our week by making snow globes,  The children were given three pieces of clay which they rolled into balls and pushed them together to make a snowman.  After baking the clay, the children then decorated them with markers and finally put them into a clear container filled with water, white glitter, and plastic beads. The children were so surprised when they realized after shaking the jar that it actually looked like a snow storm.  They were so excited with them, they didn't want to put them down all day.

Other fun areas in class:

Next week we look forward to celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Love,

Ms. Bonne and Ms. Barbara

OUR SNOW FAMILIES!

Dear Parents, 

 We continued our winter unit by reading Snowflakes, by Lois Elhert.  The children then created their own snow people.  Some of the children made snow girls, snow moms, snow dads, snow cats, snow brothers, and even a snow dog.  Each child traced and cut out three circles, glued them together and then added eyes, hair, legs, arms, and hats. They all looked so adorable on our classroom bulletin board.

We also learned about mixing colors.  First we filled eye dropper with red, yellow, and blue food coloring,  then we squeezed drops onto coffee filters.  Not only did the colors mix and make a new array of colors but we now know that mixing red and yellow makes orange,  blue and yellow makes green and red and blue makes purple.  What a fun learning experience it was!

 The highlight of the week was our ice cream party.  The reason we had a party was because we filled the gem jar.  Ask your child about it.  I am not sure which was more fun, eating the ice cream or making it.

Our letter of the week was "P." We practiced writing it and then came up with a list of "P" words such as: popcorn, potatoes, pumpkin, pig, papa, princess, and paper.

Other fun areas in the classroom:

Helping a friend get dressed

Leading the children in Eurythmics
Class

                                      

             




Love,
Ms. Bonne and Ms. Barbara