Shaving Cream and Candy Canes

We had way too much fun with shaving cream today! After we played, drew, and wrote in shaving cream we added red paint and made candy canes pressing our candy cane prints into the paint and shaving cream.

Happy Holidays! - Our Class Holiday Card

We had some fun posing for the class holiday card this week. We hope you enjoy it!

Happy Holidays!

Front

 Inside

Back

Counting Tree

Keeping up the warm Holiday spirit today as we made counting and sequencing trees! This activity helped with shape understanding, "bigger"/"smaller" concepts, counting, directions (bottom, top, middle), sequencing (what comes next, what comes before), fine motor control, following directions.

First the students began with 10 triangles of all different sizes. Using background knowledge, students needed to decide which number should begin at the bottom of the page. Number 1 is the biggest, so we started at the bottom just like a tree.

The Most Famous Reindeer of All!

Our Reindeer received international attention on Thursday as they were featured by Target as a holiday diy inspiration on Target's social media channels! What an exciting honor!

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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