Snow and Ice

It's been a perfectly chilly week to talk about snow and ice, and ironically, we even got to see some snow on Friday as well!  We've had a lot of fun reading about, talking about, and experimenting with this winter theme, so I hope you enjoy this peek at our week!  See you next Thursday! :)

We worked on 1:1 correspondence by placing the right amount of marbles on each number.  (We put 4 marbles on the number 4 and so on.)  This is still tough for a lot of kiddos to be able to recognize their numbers and count out the correct number of marbles for each, so this was great practice.

 

We worked on spelling our names with our cute little snowmen.

We worked on our cutting, gluing, and letter "I" sound by gluing pictures of items that start with "I" on our worksheet.

Look at those great cutting skills!  I think someone has been practicing at home.  I'm so proud! :)

 We worked on tracing the number 9 with stickers.  Keep working on peeling off stickers at home too, because it's a great workout for that little pincer grasp.

Millie Kate got to take Gumby home this week for some bike riding and tea parties. ;)

Guess who was Student of the Week this week. ;)  We finally got to see the beloved Woody toy!

It's snack time!

Enjoying some playtime with our friends!

We  went "fishing for ice" by using salt water and causing a string to freeze to an ice cube. 

Getting some wiggles out in the Minds in Motion Room!

Have a great week!

Winter Animals

This week we talked about winter animals and hibernation.  We had a lot of fun talking about the letter "W", the number 8, and the color black.  We also squeezed in a short lesson on the inauguration and The White House.  Hope you guys have a great weekend, and I'll see you next week! :)

We tore apart cotton balls and glued them on our polar bear shadows.

We used various winter stickers to put on our letter "W" papers.

We glued on our penguins and penguin poems, and then we used squares to make an igloo around them.  This was a great fine motor activity with gluing things to the paper, and it was a great use of our shape of the week (square).

We talked a little bit about Inauguration Day on Friday, and we talked about where the president lives.  I gave them a lot of interesting facts about the White House that they found surprising like the fact that it has tennis courts, an indoor swimming pool, an outdoor swimming pool, 28 fireplaces, 32 bathrooms, and 132 rooms!

They colored their White House sheet with white crayons, and I wrote "W"s on their papers with white crayons also.  Then, I taught them a little "magic trick" by using watercolor paint to paint over their picture to help see all of their white crayon marks suddenly appear.  ;)

We did a little science experiment with blubber.  I made a "blubber glove" out of shortening and ziploc bags.  They dipped their hand in the ice water, and then put on the glove to compare how blubber protects their body from cold temperatures.  Cool!

 

 Snack Time Fun

The Birthday Boy (Cooper) brought in some special treats for us on Friday!

We shared our Snowmen Projects that were turned in this week.  They turned out super cute, and I displayed them in the back of our room by the mirrors. :)

So much fun playing together this week!

 Have a great weekend!

Feelings

It was so great to see all our kiddos back this week for both days!  We enjoyed some fun activities, and I was able to finish up assessments on these little smarties.  :)  We were even able to squeeze in some time to play outside on Thursday during a break in the rain on an unseasonably warm day.  We had to take advantage of it!  Hope you enjoy the pics from this week!  I've also included a few fun videos we saw this week as well.

We read a book about a mouse called, "Wemberly Worried", and then we wrote about the things Wemberly and we worry about.  These are hanging outside on the wall.  So sweet to hear some of the things these little ones worry about.😟

 Letter U Song (ABC Mouse)

 We used our color of the week (yellow) to talk about our letter of the week ("U") when we made umbrellas.  We also had 7 raindrops to it to practice our number of the week.

We talked about some of the qualities that make us "U"nique in one of our crafts this week.  This is a little "All About Me" flag that will go on our door to our room.  

This little guy is thinking long and hard before he answers my question on his assessment.  So proud of how hard these kiddos worked and listened when they did their assessments this week! 🤔

Using number stamps to make some sweet cards. :)

For our Bible Lesson this week we talked about the different fruits of the spirit and how we need to show these to others because we love God.  The fun song and video below was a great way to learn about them. 🙏

 Fruit of the Spirit Song

We did a little science activity that involved comparing the textures of cotton balls and sandpaper.  The soft, smooth cotton balls are much nicer to touch like soft, kind words other people say.  The harsh, scratchy sandpaper is not nearly as comforting, just like mean, harsh words other people say.  We've been talking about how to communicate our feelings appropriately when we're upset and ways that we can calm ourselves down when we're angry.😡

Katelyn wanted to make sure Lorelai had a chance to feel the cotton balls too.  Such sweet and gentle friendship choice, just like the soft cotton! ;)

Fun times playing in the classroom

I love to see all the creative things these kiddos build with our new magna tiles.  Makes me want to build with them too!

Guess who discovered the dress-up clothes.  So precious. :)

These playdough works of art are such awesome ways to exercise the muscles in these little hands and such great teamwork too!

Friends looking at books in the tent.

We got out our light table to look at all kinds of cool designs and x-rays of animals.  So cool!

Getting some exercise in our Minds in Motion room.

Here are a few pics from our playtime outside as well.