Jan. 6, 2009

Parents,
Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful winter break!

We've had a wonderful first day back. This morning we ate breakfast and drew snow in our journals. For our fine motor work we created collages, threaded beads on string, created structures with bristle blocks and counted using our counting cakes. During circle time we determined that it's rainy today. We put the raindrops over our tree, dressed our weather bears in their rain coats, and everyone felt rain when I squirted the water bottle. During calendar we counted to 6, and during movement we danced to "Button Factory". We noticed that we have a new shape this month, the star, and a new color, white. We didn't go outside this morning because it was too muddy and it was still raining a little. Instead, we danced to "Tooty Ta" and "The Bear Hunt". I read the book "Dream Snow" for story time. When we chose centers everyone had a turn pushing a button at the end of the book that made a pretty chime song. During centers we began creating snow flakes by painting craft sticks white and sprinkling glitter on them using our pincer fingers. We also played in the home center/restaurant. Ms. McGuire came today for speech therapy. We at lunch and played on the playground with Pre-K. After rest we'll go to Pre-K and make instant snow with them. We'll measure the water and powder amounts and talk about how if feels.
Have a wonderful night!
Kali Parsons