We got to spend lots of time outside today and we brought outside indoors when we colored snow in the kitchen! We made gingerbread men in art and read our gingerbread story. Our plan was to bake gingerbread for snack but we ran out of time so we'll do that tomorrow. We finished up the letter 12 today and the kids played so well together today. Lots of smiles and giggles though out our morning!
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We've had a busy couple weeks as we finished up our first theme for the month of January and took an imaginary trip to France last week! We'll be playing catch up the rest of this week to finish our January curriculum before we dive into February's next week! We introduced our final theme today, Once Upon a Time, where we'll be learning all about fairly tales! We'll be having a Costume Pizza party on Friday to cap off our fairly tale week as well!
Today we did some freestyle art and made K is for Key pictures, even though we've already finished with the letter K, we had this old project that we never got done so we used it as an opportunity to revisit the letters we've already worked through. We got to play outside for a while this morning and the kids had lots of fun playing in the tent together this morning! I've posted the menu for the week so you can have a look at that when you have time. We're having snow much fun today! We tried going out for a short time this morning but it was pretty wet so we had some indoor snow fun instead. We made pretend snowballs using coffee filters, which we will use for snowball fights this afternoon. We made snowmen in art and talked about why water freezes when the temperature drops.
We got to spend some time outdoors this morning before the freezing rain started and the kids had a blast in the snow! We weaved mittens in art and the kids did some freestyle art as well practicing their cutting skills with scissors.
I've posted the menu for the week so you can have a look at that when you have time. ***Reminder*** We are closed Thursday and Friday this week. We're stuck inside once again and hoping that next week really does warm up so we can get back outside every day. We are still learning about the cold weather and all the warm clothes we need to be warm and safe in the freezing temperature. Today we read The Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens and when the kids wake up, they will need to help the kittens find the hidden mittens. When they do, they will have pie for snack! We made kitten puppets in art and introduced the octagon, which is our shape this month.
We're stuck inside today with the sub-zero windchill so we're doing some baking to warm up. We baked four loaves of banana bread today, which we'll have for breakfast tomorrow. We talked about snow and learned that no two snowflakes are exactly alike, just like all of our friends. Each one has something different that makes them special. We made sparkly snowflakes in art and the kids spent lots of time playing together today. We're working on problem solving so as the kids encounter a problem, we're working with them to help find a solution rather than fixing it for them. These problem solving skills are very important and help them become independent thinkers. It's fun watching them search for possible ways to solve problems. They are all so brilliant and have such unique and fun ideas!
We got outside for a short time this morning but it has cooled down quite a bit and the wind has a bite to it. We spent lots of time working on our new theme today, Mitten Magic, where we will learn about all the important outdoor chothing and why we need it. We made mittens in art using stamps, which the kids loved so much we had to bring them again at snack time!
We got outside again today and played in the falling snow! We made M is for mitten pictures in art and introduced the number 11. The kids brought our counting fuzzies out to practice counting to 11 (and they also spent time sorting them all by color!) We had a smaller group today so we did some extra reading/snuggle time in.
We finally got to spend time outside today and it did the kids (and me) some good! We finished up our December curriculum and opened our January one up. The kids always enjoy looking through all our new themes and finding out what our color and shape will be for the month. We introduced the letter M today and did a letter M worksheet. We had some freestyle art and the kids spent some extra time snuggling up with books since we had a smaller than normal group today.
I've posted the menu for the week so you can have a look at that when you have time. ***Reminder*** We will have a PJ day on Thursday! Between the freezing temperatures and the ice we decided to have an inside day today. We had a smaller group today and we stayed busy with some indoor games that kept them active and moving. We decorated stars in art and went on a color green hunt. We learned we have lots of green!
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AuthorLittle Learners Child Care is a small group daycare located in NW Rochester Archives
September 2019
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