Children's Learning Center Blog: November 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Today for circle time, we read Winter Is Coming! It talked about what we see in the winter time! For our two small groups, we did hat and mitten patterns, and made a winter sensory bottle. For our large group, we made textured snowflakes with white rice and glitter!

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Today for circle time, we read The Silly Snowman. For our two small groups, we matched boots and hats ABC's and then made snowflake peppermint soup! We practiced measuring our water, shaking in our glitter spices, picking out our perfect snowflake with tongs, and lastly stirring it all together with peppermint extract! The kids had a blast and loved how delicious it smelled! For our large group, we made a penguin out of shapes! We talked about what shapes made up our penguins such as rectangles for his body, circles for his eyes, ovals for his wings, a triangle for his beak, and hearts for his feet! Winter is coming!

Monday, November 28, 2016

Today, for circle time, we read The little Snowflake. During our small groups, we laced snowflakes, matched mittens, and experimented with ice! We talked about how ice is cold and what happens in the winter!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

To end our short school week, we read The Amazing Turkey Rescue at circle time today. We reviewed, briefly, why we celebrate Thanksgiving, and we talked about the things that we were looking forward to as we head into a holiday break. We enjoyed lots of play time, and also got caught up on our keepsake crafts. For our large group activity, we worked on our fine motor skills as we strung pasta on fuzzy sticks, before tying off our finished projects to take home. We had fun putting everything together, and we are excited, as well as proud, to show them off! Today was a terrific Tuesday!