Winter Clothes

This morning we searched for different colored snowflakes in the Touch and Feel Pool. Some were soft and others were sparkly. During our morning circle we talked about the calendar and practiced putting the months in the correct order when they were mixed up. We also practiced counting how many days are in January....all the way to 31!!

Today we pretended it was a winter wonderland with Ms. Michelle. She had obstacle course set up full of imagination!!  First the kids went "sledding". The friends took turns pulling each other on a sled. Then they slid down a ramp. They could slide on their bottoms, or the more adventurous in our group slide on their tummies....and some even dared a flip!!  Next, one friend pulled another on a scooter board. At then end they had to help build the class igloo. The kids loved sledding...they were laughing and screaming the whole time! At the end the kids helped Ms. Michelle make snow. She had lots of different objects hidden in the snow and the kids had to find them. They searched for hearts, stars, letters and rings.

Because it was so wet outside from the morning rain, we went on a quick walk around the neighborhood to get some fresh air. The kids noticed all the Christmas decorations were missing from the houses.....as they jumped in and over the puddles and watched the squirrels!

Our story today was "Froggy Gets Dressed" by Jonathan London. In the story Froggy wants to go outside and play. He gets dressed and then realized he forgot his pants. So he goes inside, puts on his pants and other winter clothes and heads back outside. Then he remembered he forgot his shirt and jacket. He had to go back inside to put on his shirt and jacket. When he got back outside his mom tells him he is still forgetting something...his underwear! By the time he gets back inside to get dressed again he is so tired that he goes back to bed. After reading the story we listed all the different clothes we wear in the winter. Using a picture of a person we labeled the body part where we wear each clothing item and why we need it when we are cold.

For art today we made winter hats out of paper plates. First the kids colored their hat. Then they added cotton balls at the top or at the bottom. The kids each selected three snowflakes to glue onto their winter hats. The kids were pretending to wear them around the classroom to keep their heads warm.

After eating lunch, we passed out party hats and little oranges and the kids all sang Happy Birthday to Selwyn. She turns FOUR today!!  We ended the day singing some of our favorite songs.