Winter

This week we returned from break to begin our winter fun. We shared what we already know about winter. 

We also played a game where we dress Petey. What clothing does Petey need to play outside during winter time? Each child had a turn to put one item of clothing on Petey.

We read the book The Snowy Day and discussed what we like to do on a snowy day. Each child illustrated a picture and then dictated their words. 

The book additionally touches upon snow melting. So we decided to conduct a fun science experiment to turn a liquid into a solid. We filled ice cube trays with water and since it was so cold outside, we put them outside. We left them over night and lo and behold, the water turned to ice! The children were very excited. We then brought the ice into the classroom to see what would happen next. 

With snow being our main theme of the week we practiced our fine motor skills by cutting to design our own individual snowflakes. We also made snowmen. We talked about different sizes: small, medium, and large. We used the three sizes and put them in size order to make our own snowmen. We then gave children a pair of eyes, arms, legs, gloves, boots, and a hat to glue onto their snowmen. We additionally, as a literacy activity, wrote our own creative writing stories about our snowmen.  

   

Song:

Snowflake Song (Tune: I'm a Little Teapot)

I'm a little snowflake, fat and round

Falling softly to the ground

When enough of me falls hear me shout,

"Here's a snowball, better watch out!" (pretend to throw a snowball)

Painting Class 

This week we focused on Edvard Munch's famous artwork The Scream. We noticed the beautiful colors he used to paint the sky and we focused on the emotions of the person in the painting. We then created our own scream painting.