Merry Christmas!

We had such a FUN week at preschool, celebrating Christmas which is coming soon!

Monday we made candy cane ornaments...

and painted our noses RED so that we could sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!

Wednesday, SANTA made a House Call at our preschool!!!

We were singing songs & I told them to sing loud enough that Santa would be able to hear them at the North Pole & half way through the song...Santa walked in, saying HO HO HO!

The kids were in shock... :)

Class picture with Santa Clause!

Everyone got a turn to sit on Santa's Lap(or stand next to Santa if they were a bit nervous) ;)

and Santa gave the kids a Coloring Book for being such good boys & girls!

He even stayed and sang a few songs with us!

Before Santa's arrival, we played "Don't Eat Pete" with M&M's. Each child got to take home their own game card, so they can play at home. You can use anything, cheerios, candy, goldfish & then have one person leave the room and choose a "Pete". When the person returns, he/she slowly picks up the candy one at a time, until she reached "Pete" & the kids shout "Don't Eat Pete!" Have fun playing at home over the Christmas Break with your kids!

We made reindeer cupcakes that they got to take home to eat after lunch...

And we filled up Santa's beard from Dec. 1-15...

Help your child add a cotton ball each day & when Santa's beard is FULL...it will be CHRISTMAS!!

Hope you all have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I will see you in 2011!

K is for Kite & (Santa's) Key

Music Time: 

We have been enjoying learning CHRISTMAS SONGS this month!

Arts & Crafts:

We made "Santa's Magic Key"

Coloring & Handwriting: 

Kite & the letter Kk's

Outdoor Play:

Physical Fitness:

We had KANGAROO races & laughed as we hopped!

Language & Literature: 

Reading Books

J is for Jump!

Outdoor Activity:
JUMPING  over obstacles...

We made JUNGLE JEWELRY...

Music Time with Streamers...

JUMPING during Music Time...

J is for Jungle

Music Time:
We used streamers during singing today & the kids loved it!

Game:
Pass the Snake(Jungle Animal)

Outdoor Play:
JUMPING over orange markers

We completed a coloring/handwriting sheet today that included a dog JUMPING for a frisbee!

At Home Activity:
Practice writing uppercase and lowercase Jj's with your child!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We celebrated THANKSGIVING today, first we made some cute "Paper Plate Pilgrims"...

We had cute TURKEYS help out with Music Time...

We watched a 5 minute clip of Alvin & the Chipmunk's FIRST THANKSGIVING...

Our CUTE Pilgrims!!!

We didn't have enough time for a "Thankful worksheet", but I sent it home in their folders, so you have an activity to do with your child this week!

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!

Indians

Our class was FULL of ADORABLE Indians this week!!!

Outdoor Play:

Bubbles!

Everyone got to use the BUBBLE GUN & everyone else tried to BLOW the bubbles and keep them in the air.

Everyone loved getting their Indian War Paint on their faces & they each got to choose their 2 favorite colors!

We glued shapes on our headbands for Arts & Crafts today...

Language & Literature:
I told the story of the 1st Thanksgiving and we talked about the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Indians and how the Indians help the Pilgrims survive in America, by teaching them to grow their own food!