Sorting and Making Ornaments

Today we worked on sorting items to determine which ones were big and which were little, as well as sorting by colors. Before we began we described the items we were working with--fuzzy, shiny, bright, soft, and fluffy. Then we started sorting!

First by size:

...thin by colors.

Later we made ornaments out of all of our hard work! This activity really reinforced our fine motor skills as we pinched and placed small fuzzies in our plastic ornament! And of course we had to add our touch of ourselves with our photos! 

Reindeer

It's been a crazy week with snow days and delays openings! Today we finally got back in the swing of things. We have read quite a number of holiday themed books to get us in the winter and holiday spirit but today we read "Olive the Other Reindeer". The story about a dog named Olive who thinks she's supposed to help guide a sleigh tonight!  Afterwards we made our own reindeer! This activity helped reinforce listening comprehension, color recognition, directional concepts (top, bottom, middle/center), fine motor control, direction following, and number concepts.

First we glued on our reindeer's eyes and nose...

...then we added a little stuffing....

...and finally tied up their reigns (don't forget the bell!), glued on their antlers, and stood back and admired our work!

Later we practiced our colors, color sight words, and matching to build snowmen!

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Snow Day Tuesday!

School wil be closed today, Tuesday, December 10th. Enjoy your first official snow day of 2013!

A Fun (Almost) Snow Day!

What a fun day! We had a delay due to the very unexpected snow storm from yesterday (a "coating" turned into 11 inches of snow!) so some of our friends didn't make it into school today. We missed our friends but enjoyed a visiting friend from our sister class down the hall! We had a full day of creating and learning together.

We were really feeling in the Holiday spirit after our first snowfall of the season. We worked on our color identification, fine motor control, and pattern making skills to make our own Holiday lights! We dipped our thumbs or fingers into paint and made light bulbs to enjoy.

With our leftover paint we had a chance to create! 

Later in the day we took advantage of the beautiful snow! We played in it right on our table! Some of us made snowmen, others of us just had fun playing in the cold, wet, snow inside. 

Later we painted in the snow!