Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Winter is upon us. Here is a reminder/request, per Tami: please bring in a pair of labeled, insulated mittens for your Wee Friend. Mittens that can stay here at school and not need to go home at the end of the day. If your child can, independently, put gloves on, please feel free to bring gloves. We’ll keep these mittens on the clothes line, hung near the piano. THANK YOU SO MUCH for working with us on this!

FYI-During the winter months, our goal is to make sure our friends get outside as much as possible. We generally dress them in winter gear (snow pants, mittens and hats) if the temperature drops below 30 (wet or dry!)

Who? What? Where? Literacy FAB K.3.5. Mel has been reading aloud and having kids identify these three W’s.

We had an island filled with friends and word books. (Oh! If your child has is working with a word book, please leave it in the cubby for continued work!). Friends work with words that interest them: Rino-dozer, The Magic Tree House, Princess, Ballerina and Tuesday.

At the art table, we invited friends to explore (and smell!) squishy lotion. We added watercolor to it. Then we switched to shaving cream and shredded bar soap.

The big finale of the sensory exploration was the animal prints. We stamped them, identified them and wrote out the name of the animal to whom they belong.

And outside, all bundled up, we found more tracks!

Hope you are enjoying this day.

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Whole wheat bagels with cream cheese and bananas. Lunch: Hummus on whole grain flatbread, pear slices and raw carrots/broccoli. Snack: Yogurt and cranberries.