We sang for our neighbors at Winston Park Condos on 12/14!!
It was a joy to greet the children this week and get back into our daily routine!!
At center time, we play concentration which incorporates visual memory skills, as well as, following directions and taking turns. We talked about pairs being two of an item.
Transferring and sorting items develops eye hand coordination and visual discrimination.
Painting with dry tempera cakes and water was an art activity this week.
Our mystery reader read The Mitten Tree by Candace Christainsen in the library on Thursday.
This is a delightful story of an older women knitting mittens for children and leaving them on a tree where they wait for the school bus. In turn, the children leave a basket of yarn for the lady on her front steps!
At center time, we looked at mittens and gloves. Then we we created a pair of paper mittens by cutting them out.
The children decorated the mittens by adding dots of paint to one mitten and pressing the pair together.
Voila, they created a symmetrical pair of mittens!!
The children decorated banner paper by "driving" fire trucks into red paint and then onto the paper. The teachers will use this paper to create a fire truck on the exploratorium bulletin board.
On Friday morning, Ms. Fenech read The Mitten by Jan Brett.
Ask your child to tell you some of the animal that squeezed into the mitten!
Other books that we read this week included:
The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler
Blizzard by Eric Charlesworth
We have magnet blocks out for the children to build with. This child made a connection to the lesson where we created a star by cutting out a diamond and then cutting the diamond in half to make two triangles and then a star. He put the triangles together to create a diamond!!
We are also talking about transportation in class!!
There are match box cars and a rug under the loft and a train with a track in the loft. These activities provide many opportunities for conversations, creativity, and negotiations!!
Dates to Remember:
January 11 - Field trip to the Main Fire Station
January 13 - Exploring
January 16 - Martin Luther King Holiday
January 20 - Exploring
January 27 - Granparents Day
February 3 - The Big Event - New Athletic Center
February 9 - Parent Teacher Conferences
February 14 - Valentine's Day Party - We will need parents to assist with this party and read the children's valentines to them.
February 17 - No School - Teacher-In-Service Day
February 20 - Presidents Day Holiday
To sign up for conferences, pLease come into the classroom, email me Susan_Samuel@ Shorecrest.org or call me after 4:00 pm. Thanks!!
