Today we had a lot of fun with Bears and Polar Bears. We explored the concept of sorting and patterns with colored bears. It was a lot of fun and the kids loved collecting their color bears in their special cup. Some even explored making patterns by using the pattern cards and following the directions! I was very impressed with all of their efforts on this skill.
We also worked on our fine motor skills and made a winter sticker picture. As you can see it takes a lot of effort for those tiny fingers to get the backs off of stickers!
Then we had a chance to get messy and have fun with paint. The kids had so much fun making their "Polar Bear in a Snowstorm" artwork with a cotton ball and white paint.
And despite the weather, we still have a block of time for free play. When the weather keeps us inside, we LOVE going to our neighboring class for a little neighborhood time.
And we even got to see a horse get out of his trailer and head into the veterinarian's office! Oooh what a day with a great group of kids. Keep up the good work.
We had "snow" much fun today exploring ice and having a little bit of fun with snow as well. We learned a lot about ice today and even did our very first science experiment. We explored ice to see how it felt. The kids decided the best way to describe ice was "cold, freezy, slippery, and wet."
Then we read a story and sang a song about ice, learning how it melts when it gets warm out.
Then came the fun part, we performed our first experiment! We used syringes to suck up warm water out of a bowl, and then we squirted the warm water onto our ice and watched it melt away! Boy was it fun!
We also learned about the letter "I", the sound it makes, and brainstormed some words that started with I. Then we had fun making icicles on I.
Then we took a break from all the ice and revisited snow. We had a big bucket of "snow" and the kids were able to play with the snow however they saw fit. It was so much fun to see their little minds working. Some made snowmen, others enjoyed throwing it in the air and watching it fall, some made snowangels, and many of them just enjoyed collecting as much snow as they could! It really was "snow" much fun.
All in all it was a great day with a great group of kids!
I can't wait to see you all next week.
It was so much fun being back at school! We had a blast exploring and learning about snow and the letter "S".
We started off the day with our own special snow (shaving cream) all over the table! It was so much fun watching some kids just dig right in while others would just stick their finger tips in it. Either way it was a great way for the kids to work on their fine motor skills and get all those little muscles warmed up and ready for some writing!
Then we got even messier with paint! We made a sponge paint snowman and a fingerpaint S.
We even opened up the art easel with paint for the very first time this year!! And boy did they LOVE it!
Our winter party was a big success. We made a snowflake out of pretzle sticks and marshmallows, and it was so neat to see all the different snowflakes they all made. They are a very creative bunch of kids.
But, by far the best part of the day was being back with friends.
