Although we started week #15 with a snow day, we were still able to fit almost everything in.  We were excitedly getting ready for Christmas.  The 3s class finger painted snowmen on Tuesday.

 Thanks to a couple of willing volunteers, we were able to have our Snowman Factory this week.  I laid out a tray with white play dough, buttons, string, and sticks and the children had a blast creating snowmen and other creations as well.

 The 4s classes painted wreaths on Wednesday using green paint and brillo sponges.  On Friday they used red paint and fingers to add berries.  They turned out so well.

 The 3s class had some free writing time in their journals and also enjoyed the snowman factory.

 I would have to say the highlight of our week in the 4s classes was baking and decorating cookies.  Our letter this week was Cc and what better way to celebrate the letter Cc then by baking cookies? Everyone had at least one turn stirring the batter and while they were in the oven we read "The Gingerbread Man." 

 

 After they cooled off, we decorated the cookies and finally we got to eat and enjoy them.  There were even extras that I took to the Jr./Sr. High teachers wishing them a Happy Friday from our Preschool classes. I think we are all ready to celebrate with parties on Monday and Tuesday and then enjoy a couple of weeks off with family!

 Wow, week #14 was busy, busy, busy! The 4s classes practiced cutting Christmas trees apart and then gluing them back together in numerical order.

 We also practiced out scissor skills by cutting straws.

 All three classes played in the rice table for the first time this year and all of the students loved it.

 With our letter being Mm this week, we read "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" in the 4s classes and then each child created a muffin cup monster and they were adorable!

 Our 3s class, was introduced to Quiet Boxes this week.  After snack time, each child has a Quiet Box that they play in until story time. Each Quiet Box is different and they are switched once a week.

 On Wednesday and Thursday, we had this green duct tape Christmas tree on our classroom floor.  The children enjoyed driving cars and trains on it and also walking and jumping on it.  We took turns placing the star on the top by only walking on the tree lines.

 The 3s class also decorated Christmas trees using Bingo Stampers. The morning 4s class used M&M candies to cover a M and then after removing the candies, covered them with Bingo stampers but we ran out of candy so the afternoon class only covered their Ms with the Bingo stampers. Regardless, we had fun and both classes did a nice job.

 We had another busy week of learning during week #13.  We talked about friendship in the 4s classes and what it looks like to be a good friend: helping others, playing nicely, and sharing our toys.  We read several stories to support these traits.  We also drew pictures of our friends.

 The 4s classes had "snowball fights" in the big room.  Every child wadded up a piece of paper and we practiced throwing and catching and then we had some fun pretending to have a snowball fight. 

 In our 3s class, we had some more fun with sorting by color. On Tuesday, we sorted Froot Loops and on Thursday we sorted Goldfish. After we were all done sorting, we did some counting and then of course eating!

 Friday we used some different tools in our 4s classes to paint.  We had some pretty amazing designs. We used koosh balls, sponges, cookie cutters and forks and paint and these are a sampling of what was created.