Holiday Fun

Wow! Can you believe that we are on winter break already?! We spent the majority of the week working on our concert songs. We hope you enjoyed the show. The kids did great!!!

We really enjoyed our holiday party/book exchange on Thursday despite most of us having a late night and being super tired.  The morning class even invited the preschool friends over for added holiday fun! We played so fun online games on the Smartboard. You may get requests to find them on your computer so here's the links we used.

• Snowglobe Shaker
• Decorate a Christmas Tree
• Musical Reindeer Noses
• Christmas Symmetry Matching Game

I'm sure you can tell which one was their favorite when you try them :)

Check our the photos of the book exchange below.

AM Book Exchange

PM Book Exchange

And thank you to everyone that sent in gifts for our classroom! We have already accumulated several more letters to Santa using the new paper & envelopes. We are also able to get the special document projector for the new year! Thank you!!!

Special thanks for the gifts sent for us teachers...they were not necessary but we sure do appreciate you thinking of us!!

We hope you all have a safe and happy holiday and that you get some time to just relax too!! We'll see you on TUESDAY, January 5th. We have class Tuesday through Friday that week.  And don't forget:

Shhhh...Top Secret Week

While we would love to give you a peek at what we did this week because it's been so awesome...we can't. Don't worry though, all things will be revealed at our Holiday Sing. 

The sing is on Wednesday, December 16th at 5:30pm. 

At St. Joseph's Church (aka the circle church)

in the lower-level, stage area. 

Doors will open at 5:15pm

Please don't plan on arriving any earlier than that as we will still be setting up and it's too long for students and their siblings to wait patiently for the show to begin. We are super excited to sing all our holiday songs for you! We will even play instruments!!! 

Also, don't forget that Book Exchange books are due on Monday. If you are unable to provide a book, please let us know.

If you are interested in getting a gift for our class, there are still some "mittens" with wishlist items on our wishing tree and you can see our list the left <----

Have a great weekend!

Music & Trees

Tuesday we created our December Person Book page. The increase in the amount of details on the self-portraits from September until now is amazing!

We practiced patterning with bells as we made instruments for our holiday sing on Wednesday. We are getting soooo excited to get up on that stage and perform for you! We have been working very hard to learn our songs for the program. We will be making adorable stage decorations next week. You are going to love them!

Please remember that the sing is NOT held here at Creative Arts because our facility does not have enough room. The show will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, located at 590 S. St. Joseph Circle. The stage area is in the lower level of the church.

PM Class

We had a great time at Hann’s Christmas Tree Farm on Thursday!  We got to see trees of all different sizes. Some were cut down already, and many were waiting for families to come choose them and cut them down. We took a wagon ride out into the fields to see the trees. We also saw stumps from evergreen trees that were previously cut down. We learned that trees that our about our height are also about the same age as us. And the trees that are ready to be cut down to be used as Christmas trees are 8-10 years old. We saw how they make wreaths from evergreen boughs too.  Thank you to the chaperons who joined us and to those who generously volunteered but were not selected to come. You can see more photos on the the photo gallery page.

Snow Much Fun!

We LOVED playing in all the snow this week. Thank you to everyone who sent ALL their child's winter gear and dry shoes for the classroom. Please continue sending a winter coat, snowpants, boots, hat, mittens and shoes EVERY day until further notice (late spring). Thanks for your help!!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! We will see you on Tuesday, December 1st.

Abracadabra!

We learned about an African Folk Tale called Abiyoyo. It is about magic, music, and understanding.

 

Mrs. Fox even performed some fun magic tricks this week!! Monday we watercolored a picture of Abiyoyo.  

On Tuesday we made a giant face by squirting paint from little droppers and then folding the paper in half  to make a symmetrical design.

We counted out strings for our ukuleles on Wednesday.

We wrapped up the week by making our very own magic wands.


Remember, we only have two days of school next week! &  We will NOT be sending home red folders or a newsletter next week.

A Beary Short Week

On Monday we created the head of our jointed bear. We worked on the rest of the bear’s body on Tuesday. We used our fine motor skills to place brads into each joint and open the wings of the brads. It was another great opportunity to strengthen our hands for writing and cutting.

 

 

 

 

 

We worked on position words in a bear book on Wednesday. It also helped us learn about colors and shapes. Enjoy our extra day off and have a great weekend !!!!

Math, Math & More Math

We worked really hard this week on sizing, patterning and sequencing. All of these were based on the Goldilocks & the Three Bears Story. 

Bear Sizing

These projects will be available at conference time for you to see your child's work. Speaking of which, conferences are next week already! You can click on the menu bar above to view the schedule if you have forgotten your date/time.

How about the weather this week?!? We had so much playing outside with no gear to bundle up in!

Enjoying the nice weather!!!

Don't forget, that we only have a three day week next week!! Woohoo!