This week the children found kinetic sand in the sensory table.  It is interesting stuff!

The children made snowflakes. They painted the snowflake with white paint mixed with glue and then decorated with sequins and glitter.

On Friday, the children used puffy paint to make snowmen.

A side note:  The children have been collecting acorns at school.  You may have found a bag of them in the backpack! The children LOVE to look for the acorns.  Mrs. LeRoy, in the preschool office, told us that her daughter's pet pig, Bits, loves acorns, so I asked the children if they would like to give them to her for the pig.  The children decided to keep their acorns this time, but next week, we will be collecting acorns to give to "Bits". Unless they change their mind, which can happen. :)

This week the children had fun with a "Florida" snowman.  I made a snowman out of boxes and gave the children hats, a scarf , eyes, nose and buttons.  It kept them busy for quite awhile.

The children painted on bubble wrap and made some very cute snowmen.

We went to Chapel.

The children made winter hats.  Watercolor paint and watercolor paper.  

Ice cube painting!  The children sprinkled blue powdered paint on their paper, then I gave the children an ice cube.  As they "painted" with the ice cube, the ice would melt and the water would mix with the powder and they had paint!  Science and art lesson all wrapped into one! 

Have a great weekend!

It was so nice to see everybody this week!  The children seemed genuinely glad to be back at school and to see their friends. One of my friends walked in and looked around and then said to me. "There's no Christmas".  And he was correct, we have moved on from Christmas and are now learning about snow and winter.  Living in Florida, we have a lot of explaining to do, so when the children came into the classroom they found items like mittens and hot chocolate and even snow!  They also found some new toys to explore.

I always love to get out the "big" blocks this time of the year.  The children are at the perfect age to "build".  I love to see what they come up with and to listen to their conversations.

I moved our "family" photos and the children have had fun finding their family and pointing them out to their friends.  These two are just adorable!  Again, fun to watch and to listen to.  

I think the children were glad to be back to their "school" routine.  They played with everything!

The children enjoyed seeing the play, Frosty, the Snowman, on Friday.

See you on Monday!