Hi, Parents,
Clayton and I had so much with our winter themes during the week of Dec.7th – 11th. It was a long week full of art, play dough, pretend play, music, and the outdoors.
The students enjoyed learning about animals who live in cold climates.
Here is a black and white sensory bin from our exploration of neutral colors during Art Month. This week we included an arctic fox and polar bear 🙂
Many of our students were so excited to tell us about their tree they put up after Thanksgiving or planned to get for the winter holidays. So, we decided to make our own evergreen to put up in our class. We stained it with tissue paper and filled in the gaps with crayon.
We had so much fun making play dough snowmen, singing our snowman song, and practicing our name through snowman crafts. Here students are creating colorful versions of big snowmen to put on our wall.
Morning free-play often involves trains. I love watching how new friendships evolve as students are motivated to work together.
Pictured above is a morning center. We are using pipe cleaners, cookie cutters, beads, “buggie” legs, and white peppermint scented play dough to make snowmen.
I have started to allow the students to lead their own craft-y creations by setting up paper, scissors, and glue. They love it!
I’ve been facilitating a “learn to draw” center once or twice a week. They Friendly Foxes love to learn step by step. They are all very proud of what they are able to accomplish. I was inspired by this family’s YouTube channel: Art Hub for Kids.
Below are some fun photos from our free-play fun first thing in the morning and our “Quiet Basket” time.
We had a break in our weather last week and decided to take a nature walk to a pond located in the neighborhood right next to our school. We saw geese and tossed small rocks into the pond. They kids really enjoy being outside!
We miss our Friendly Foxes right now and can’t wait to reunite in January. I’ve been recording songs and books on my YouTube channel; access the playlist HERE.
Have a lovely holiday,
Marci Craig
