We are exploring and discovering the attributes of shapes this month. We used our geometric shapes to build and create patterned snowflakes!
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.
We were stuck inside most of the day today so we thought we would bring some summer fun into the classroom! During small groups today the children took to the pools and created their own water by cutting small strips of various colors of blue construction paper. It was a HIT! The children have mastered scissor safety and were very responsible with the way in which they controlled the scissors while in the pools to keep themselves and their friends safe. Way to go everyone!
We have been learning about the number ten this week. We have learned a new song about the number ten and also how to spell it! We also had the chance to use yummy marshmallows to outline the number ten while working our small motor muscles in our hands and number recognition for number ten.
Nice Work Will!
We practiced our scissor skills today using our yummy smelling gingerbread play-dough. It’s important to remember to keep the thumb pointing up to the sky, not letting our hands turn in upside down. Scissor activities help develop the small muscles in your child’s hand that are important for writing. Cutting letters out of magazines is a great activity to do at home on a cold winter evening. Add a glue stick and some construction paper stapled together and you have everything you need to make your own letter book! Have fun!
Great Job, Logan!
Today we learned the letter “N”. To help reinforce the sound the letter “N” makes, we made Necklaces! With a lot of concentration, the kids were determined to string the beads onto their necklaces all by themselves! Their fine motor skills were hard at work during this activity!
Today the kids have loved playing with the birthday cakes and candles! Putting the candles into the cake is a wonderful way for the children to practice their fine motor skills. Each cake has a different number on the front of it which is great for counting how many candles go on each cake. We had a lot of birthday candles blown out today!
This afternoon Jessica was practicing one of the science center activities with color matching. For this activity she had to use the clothes pins to match the turkeys feathers. This is not only a great activity for color matching, but it is wonderful for practicing those fine motor skills!
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