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Week of 1/14

1/18/2019

Dear Star Room 2AM Families,

What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom.

Theme this week:

We continued our exploration of Winter this week. We reviewed some of the characteristics of the season before talking about different activities you can do in the snow. Some children offered up playing in the snow and sledding, while the teachers added in skiing, sledding and making snowballs. We then used a chart to vote for our favorite activity and count how many children liked each activity.
We introduced classroom jobs this week as well. The children will rotate through weather watcher, snack helper, calendar helper and line leader. Make sure to ask your child if they had a job at school!

Books we read:

The Mitten by Jan Brett
Sledding by Elizabeth Winthrop

Songs we sang:

“The Snowball Song”
“The Weather Song”

Places we went:

Julia and Janae are now settled into the art room. We were so excited to explore all the art room as to offer. We painted with bright colors at the easels, used crystal blocks at the light table and drew pictures with oil pastels.
We read a Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson and took out library books during Library with Lindsay
We sang Baby Beluga, My Favorite Things, Do a Deer and more with Noel in Music
We played in 2nd floor indoor gym

Classroom Activities:

In the spirit of celebrating winter, we created mittens to decorate our classroom door. The children glued colorful tissue paper onto mitten cutouts and cotton balls on the bottom to create a fleecy edge.

Reminders:

Library books are due back next Tuesday 1/22/19
No school 1/21/19, MLK Day
Winter Benefit Friday 1/25/19

Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns.

Warmly,
Sarah and Jill

Week of 1/7

1/11/2019

We began our exploration of Winter. We talked about how it feels cold outside in, so we need to wear clothing that keeps us warm. The children volunteered different types of clothing we wear such as hats, gloves, scarfs, jackets and boots. We also noted that from time to time it snows We created a nice cross curricular link, discussing what clothes you wear in wintertime while reading Ready Rabbit Gets Ready in Library.

Books we read:

The Snowman Storybook, by Raymond Briggs
First Snow, by Bernette Ford

Songs we sang:

“The Snowball Song”
“The Weather Song”

Places we went:

Julia and Janae are settling into their old art room. We look forward to resuming art class with them next week!
We read a Ready Rabbit Gets Ready and took out library books during Library with Lindsay
We sang Baby Beluga, My Favorite Things, Do a Deer and more with Noel in Music
We played in 2nd floor indoor gym

Classroom Activities:

Since we returned from break, beginning a new year, we decided to start fresh with new placemats. The children used blue, teal and metallic blue dot dots on white paper. Once dry, they peeled different kinds of winter themed stickers to add to their placemat. We also created new classroom decorations for our walls, by gluing multicolored foam shapes onto black paper.

Reminders:

Library books are due back next Tuesday 1/15/19
Winter Benefit Friday 1/25/19

Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns.

Warmly,
Sarah and Jill

Dear Star Room 2AM Families,

What a great week we had in the classroom! It was wonderful to see your children after break. They have grown so much over the two weeks they were gone. Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom.

Theme this week:
We began our exploration of Winter. We talked about how it feels cold outside in, so we need to wear clothing that keeps us warm. The children volunteered different types of clothing we wear such as hats, gloves, scarfs, jackets and boots. We also noted that from time to time it snows We created a nice cross curricular link, discussing what clothes you wear in wintertime while reading Ready Rabbit Gets Ready in Library.

Books we read:

The Snowman Storybook by Raymond Briggs
First Snow by Bernette Ford

Songs we sang:

“The Snowball Song”
“The Weather Song”

Places we went:

Julia and Janae are settling into their old art room. We look forward to resuming art class with them next week!
We read a Ready Rabbit Gets Ready and took out library books during Library with Lindsay
We sang Baby Beluga, My Favorite Things, Do a Deer and more with Noel in Music
We played in 2nd floor indoor gym

Classroom Activities:

Since we returned from break, beginning a new year, we decided to start fresh with new placemats. The children used blue, teal and metallic blue dot dots on white paper. Once dry, they peeled different kinds of winter themed stickers to add to their placemat. We also created new classroom decorations for our walls, by gluing multicolored foam shapes onto black paper.

Reminders:

Library books are due back next Tuesday 1/15/19
Winter Benefit Friday 1/25/19

Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns.

Warmly,
Sarah and Jill