Happy New Year! As much as we enjoyed spending time with our families for Christmas, it is great to be back with our friends! We are learning about New year's, winter and snow this month. 

Check out our photos!

We had fun at the Christmas party! 

We set up a photo booth for the kids to strike a pose - they were adorable!

 The students threw marshmallows into the mouth of a snowman to feed him!

There was a blizzard in the classroom and the students 

had to shovel the snow (cotton balls) off of the roads 

so that the cars could drive!

Pin the nose on Rudolph! 

Parents and teachers had to help 

remind students not to peek!

Snow ball art using marshmallows!

It was a great party! 

We were happy to see the parents and kids 

having fun with the games!

When we came back from break last week, 

the class talked about how we are now

in a new year. 

We set goals - such as share our toys, 

make new friends, and learn to go potty on 

the toilet (the students set the goals, we were impressed)

The students painted fireworks to celebrate 2016

We stamped the letter Q. The students are becoming

very independent with tracing activities, which is a 

great sign that their motor skills are developing and 

preparing for writing.

Making picture for mom and dad is always a great way to start a morning!

Students were asked to put 6 buttons on their snowman. 

They had to paint the glue on and count out the buttons. 

They did a super job! Many friends still need help

focusing on when to stop, but everyone is correctly

sequencing their numbers. 

The class helped Ms. Tremmel make Snow Dough. 

They did most of the work. We combined flour and 

vegetable oil and mixed it up until we had a doughy 

texture. We tried making different s

hapes, numbers, and letters. 

Salt is a great sensory activity to encourage pre-writing practice. 

Sometimes students used it to calm their bodies, and other times 

they were excited to try and write letters. 

Queen starts with Q! We made letter Q Queens.

The class has a new favorite book! 

It's called No David by David Shannon. 

There are not very many words in the book, 

it's mostly a mommy telling David to stop 

doing things. As we read it, I ask the students 

why his mom his saying no. We talk about if 

David is being safe, kind, and healthy. We

also use the end of the story to practice how 

to say sorry. "David should say: sorry mommy for

breaking the vase/not listening to you."

I catch the students reading to the story by themselves when

they are not asking a teacher to read it to them (5 or 6 times a day). 

We love watching them be excited about books!

The students had to find marshmallow food for the snowman

hidden around the room. The food had letters written on them.

Before the students fed the snowman, the students had 

to tell Ms. Tremmel what letter they found. 

We hope you have a great week! See you next time!