Ms. Katie created a GREAT discovery table this week with fluffy snow and our names hiding through out. We had a great time searching for our names and the names of our friends.
Looking for some winter day fun over the holiday vacation? Once the first snow hits, this will be a great snowy day activity.
What is it? An art project involving icicles and frozen blocks of colored ice
What will I need? Food coloring, water, ice trays, molds, muffin tins and other containers
You can’t have as much snow as we do and not have an abundance of icicles. We decided to incorporate some of ours into a sculpture, joining them to ice blocks made by freezing colored water in ice-cube trays, Jell-O molds and yogurt containers. We placed all the materials on an outdoor table, and everyone took turns building totem poles, monsters and free-form sculptures, gluing the blocks of ice with a little dribble of water (it quickly froze).
Helpful Hint: For consistency of hardness, consider making your colored blocks in the freezer rather than outdoors.
Ingredients
What you do:
Mix the dry ingredients. Add spices a small amount at a time until the dough smells and looks like you want it too. Mix water and oil together first and then add them to the dry ingredients and stir. In a pot, cook the mixture for two to three minutes, stirring frequently. The dough will start to pull away from the sides of the pot and stick together. When this happens, take the playdough out of the pan and knead the dough until it becomes soft and smooth. Allow the dough to cool and then store it in an airtight container.
After reading the stories about all the different gingerbread friends throughout the month of December, it was time to try our hand at making our own. We measured and mixed the ingredients, stirred and stirred, rolled the dough then cut them out. We knew that the recipe said to cook them for a whole eight minutes, no more no less and NO PEEKING. We put them in the oven, but when we looked to see if they were done…our gingerbread friends were GONE! Our tray was empty. We quickly put our coats on and began searching outside incase they had slipped out while we weren’t looking. They were nowhere to be found! After searching high and low, we finally found them hiding in our classroom. Thank goodness the fox didn’t find them before we did!
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Christmas Party! The kids loved sharing their holiday songs, favorite gingerbread story, and decorating the gingerbread cookies with you. We loved having you! Thanks to everyone who donated their time making the delicious gingerbread cookies and supplying the plates and napkins. We couldn’t have done it without you!
The children have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on their special holiday gifts for their families! Just a sneak peek of our little elves at work for all of you. Homemade gifts from our little ones are a true gift from the heart. They can’t wait to bring them home!
Hand Made Wrapping Paper
Hmmm...what could we be creating with our Blocks?
As the winter weather quickly begins to come upon us, please remember that WE WILL GO OUTSIDE FOR RECESS IF THE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 32 DEGREES. Giving the children a break from the structure of the classroom and an opportunity to be physically active is a vital part of our day.
Please remember to dress your children appropriately for the weather- no skirts without tights or slip on shoes without socks. One very important thing to remember is a hat and mittens. WE ASK THAT YOU SEND MITTENS WITH YOUR CHILD IN LIEU OF GLOVES. Imagine, if you will, putting on 24 pairs of gloves onto 48 individual itty bitty preschool size hands. It is, to say the least, very time consuming and takes up some of their playtime outside. Please purchase mittens for school to help us with the preparation for recess. In advance THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US!
Fun with Friends
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Friends are Forever
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