Monday, January 23, 2012

Dressing Up in January!

We have gotten off to a great start in January!  It's been a fun month with a lot of activity.  We have celebrated two birthdays.  Happy birthday to Marshall and Caroline!  
Our new Creative Curriculum unit has been "clothing." We have been learning about different types of clothes and why we wear them.   In cold weather you have to bundle up to stay warm.....in warm weather you have to dress lightly to stay cool.  Some people have to wear a uniform when they work and others don't.  The children have had fun dressing up in our clothes collection from home.  It has been a lot of fun!
We have also continued to work on our fine motor skills to strengthen our pre-writing hand muscles.  We have enjoyed cutting scrap paper in our sensory table, learning how to weave, playing with buttons in play dough, and discovering our touch sense on a sticky table top with manipulatives.  
Come check out all of the fun. . . . . .


















Monday, January 2, 2012

Christmas Fun!

We had a merry little Christmas in Pre-K 3! It was a busy month of crafts, ornaments, making gifts, our book fair, singing, partying, and lots of fun.  Right before we got out for Christmas break we had a special school wide chapel service and birthday cake for Jesus.  Then back in the classroom, we had a very special visitor....(thanks to Burke's daddy!)  We hope you enjoy some of the Pre-K 3 Christmas memories we made! :)




 One day in December we each had to leave a shoe out in the hallway...and we weren't sure why...



 We were surprised to find out that while we were in our classroom, St. Nicholas came and put a candy cane in each of our shoes!




 We had fun counting stickers....


 making stockings.....


working the nativity puzzle....


reading books....



making Rudolfs...


making jingle bell pasta necklaces....


decorating cookies....




playing pin the nose on Rudolf....


following the rules to earn stickers on our stockings...


and celebrating our 4 birthday boys!!
Marshall, Burke, Jackson, and Boyd


Last, but not least.... a visit from Santa!!!
Thanks Santa, we've all been very good this year! :)















Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in 2012!!