Dec. 8, 2008

Parents,
This morning we ate breakfast and drew a picture of the letter "K" (big line down, slide in, slide out). For our fine motor work we drew pictures of buses with chunky crayons, created structures with bristle blocks, fit shapes in a shape sorter, and counted using birthday counting cakes. During circle time we determined that it's cloudy today, dressed the bears in their jackets because it's cold outside, counted to 8 on the calendar and continued our red/green pattern, and danced to "The Wheels on the Bus". We played outside with Pre-K. For story time I read "The Little Pine Tree". It is about a pine tree that is in a forest with other trees that show changes with the seasons, but it does not. We moved to the art center and we all cut a curvy line along the top of a huge sheet of white butcher paper. We then painted the entire paper with glue and then used our pincer fingers to sprinkle white glitter all over it. We made snow to be the background for a snow scene that we're going to be working on for the next several weeks. We also worked in the science center, pouring and measuring rice and pretending that it was snow. The big toys center was also open and we made structures with big and small blocks of various shapes. We had lunch and played on the playground with Pre-K. After rest we'll go to Pre-K and in our center we'll begin creating Santas using our hand print for his beard (counting 5 fingers), cutting a triangle for his hat, and adding features including a mouth (we'll discuss how he feels).
I hope you all had a restful weekend!
Kali Parsons