12/18 Classroom Update

Important Dates/Reminders:

Warm Clothing: As it gets colder, please send your child with warm clothing for outside time each day. Many items look similar, so please label your child's coat, boots, hat, and gloves/mittens. We go outside daily as long as it is not raining and the wind chill is above zero. If there is snow in the forecast or on the ground, please also send your child with snow pants as well. 

Winter Break: There will be no preschool classes starting Monday, December 21 through Friday, January 1. School will resume on Monday, January 4th. 

T/Th 3's Class:

This week, we read the story Snowmen at Night  and engaged in lots of winter learning fun! We painted melted snowmen with special "snow" paint and came up with our own theories about what happened to our snowmen. We also learned about the letter I and turned our handprints into ice cream cones. During center time, we really enjoyed exploring our "snow" sensory bin. We're looking forward to having real snow to play in! We also learned that patterns are things that repeat themselves, and practiced finishing snowmen patterns. On Thursday, we sang lots of winter songs and holiday classics with Ms. Janet. We also had a lot of fun "ice skating" around our classroom and baking in our classroom cookie shop! Be sure to check your child's backpack for some fun holiday surprises! Here are some picture highlights from our week in 3's:

PM 5's Class:

This week in 5's, we read several versions of the classic story The Gingerbread Man. During circle time, we explored a ginger root and ginger spice, and learned how the root is turned into the spice. We also practiced retelling stories and learned the steps to making a gingerbread man. During center time, we worked on reading/identifying sight words in our Gingerbread Man mini-readers and you can read/practice this at home too. We also had so much fun playing a gingerbread addition game - there were squeals of laughter during! We enjoyed making gingerbread men and houses with gingerbread play dough, and acted out the story of The Gingerbread Baby with the characters in our "snow" tub. We also matched gingerbread babies to their gingerbread houses based on their beginning sounds. The highlight of the week was decorating and eating our gingerbread men! Be sure to check your child's backpack/folder for some fun holiday surprises! Here are some picture highlights from our week in 5's:

Wishing you a safe and very happy holidays! See you in 2021!