Showing posts with label Snowmen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snowmen. Show all posts

Monday, December 29, 2014

Thank You Notes, Snowmen, Sun and Space

What a fun and snowy day of school!  We had a great time this morning in preschool A.  We got to work right away on writing thank you notes.  We read stories about being thankful and discussed some of the things we were particularly thankful for from the holidays.  I LOVE the thank you note template in the Preschool Thank You Notes pack.  They are perfect for this age to practice tracing and writing their own names.  I wrote down the item(s) they were thankful for and then quoted their "why" they were thankful for it.  They turned out super cute!
 Because we spent so much time working on writing today we also had mini music breaks to run around, jump and dance.  I'm sure we sang "Once there was a Snowman" about a zillion times.  We had a fun art project today.  Using a white crayon we learned to draw snowmen with basic shapes.  The kids did fantastic!  We had only a little bit of time for math and used it playing with the pattern blocks.
 This afternoon was so busy I didn't get very many pictures.  We started off right away drawing snowmen just like the morning class.  Then we moved on to writing thank you notes.  For preschool B I challenged these kids to write their whole note.  I gave them cards to write on and then wrote out their thank you note on a whiteboard.  They copied it letter by letter.  It was a challenging and stretching activity for many of them, but they did quite excellent.  We learned about letter U today and talked about the sun and the solar system.  Be sure to read their encyclopedia WITH them (remember they read the small words).  We didn't get to any of our Ready2Read activities today but we did work on baggy books (review and new).  We also played guess my secret rule with the pattern blocks at the end of the day.
We had a delightful day, remember NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, I'll see you next Monday!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Tot School Thursday - Snowmen

Today we had tot school Thursday and enjoyed everything snowmen related.  We played with the "Make A Snowman" app from Starfall.com on the SmartBoard as well as the iPad.
 We also read lots of books about snow and snowmen.
 During the winter months we bring in the slide and large motor blocks to play out some of our extra energy.
 Reading "The Snowy Day".

 Snack time of bananas and green peppers.  We're still working on snack time skills every day in class.  We use open cups and silverware.  Sometimes it gets a little bit messy and today we had a few kids all wet from water spills.  I can't wait for the weather to warm up so we can do some real water play and master these open cups!
 Art was a lot of fun.  We mixed equal parts of shaving cream and glue and then painted with it onto blue paper.  They are our little works of snowstorms!
 I was actually surprised that EVERYONE wanted in on this project.  Quite often a few of the boys find something more interesting to do when we pull out the art supplies but not today!
 A game of pretending to be airplanes broke out as kids started finishing their art projects.  They were running back and forth and giggling like crazy.
 Is it everyone, or just my toddlers that LOVE baby wipes to wipe hands and the table and clean everything?

 We also made toilet paper roll snowmen by covering them with white paper and coloring on them.  You can also use colored paper to give them hats and scarves, but we ran out of time.  To find the Snowman tot pack head here.
 LilManD discovered that his snowman made a great "Shoot" for crayons to fall through :)
 EMan helped us learn "Once There was a Snowman", here he is "Tall, tall, tall!"
 Then he melted in the sun and became, "Small, small, small."  Find the music for the song here.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

January Tot Packs


Find the year long theme calendar {here} and follow along with us! This post gives details and pictures of all 5 January Toddler Packs. Be sure to scroll down to see all of them. 

Tot Packs 20-24

Tot packs are about 20 pages in length. They each have 2 pages of activity ideas, book suggestions, and links to the materials I use. You can certainly use all or part of the lesson plans.  The printable pages include songs, matching games, drawing games and other activities. Tot packs are designed to be a first introduction to math concepts, letters, shapes and colors. They are not meant to obtain mastery in any subject. Let them be a guide for educational play between you and your child.

January
{Download all 5 January Tot Packs}


20. Snowmen {Download}
 Printables in this pack:
Snowman Letter Review
Graphing Snowmen
Snowman Bowling
Build a Snowman
 Snowman Grid Game
Snowman Short Path Game

21. Moms {Download}
(Pictures Coming Soon)
Printables in this pack:
Writing the word “Mom”
Sorting Moms and Dads
Everyday Chores - Graphing Moms
Letter O
Shadow Matching Moms
Every Day Puzzles
Flowers for Mom

22. Manners II {Download}
Printables in this Pack:
Kid AB Patterns
Pre-Reading Book

Letter N
Shape Matching
Manners Songs

23. Nursery Rhymes {Download}

Printables in this Pack:
Size Sequencing
Hickory Dickory Dock - Interactive Clock
The Missing Sheep

Letter Review (M T A S B H C I L P F J O N)
This Little Piggy Sequencing

Patterning
Baa, Baa Purple Sheep

Nursery Rhymes
4 and 20 Blackbirds Baked in a Pie
Musical Hearts



24. Dancing Dinosaurs {Download}
Printables in this Pack:
Dinosaur Colors Pre-Reading Book

 Letter D
3 Piece Dinosaur Puzzles
 Hop Along the Dino Path
 Dinosaur Size Sequencing
Dinosaur Patterns