Working on alphabet puzzles.
Snow angels!
Polar bears in the snow. Sometimes the polar bears are reindeer or penguins! 
It gets a little chilly outside! Thanks for bringing warm clothes. 
Sorting by shape, color, size, types of animals and many different ideas. 
Working on literacy and numeracy skills with the IPADS. It also helps us learn about turn taking, sharing and what to do when time is up!
Free craft/build table. Students have been creating cup holders, Christmas ornaments, pictures and cards. 
Water table fun... scoop, measure, pour, squirt!
Lots of eggs. Great fine motor work and counting. 
Letter writing and recognition practice. 
Play with pirates.
Exploring magnets... what sticks, what happens when?
Reading with someone. Taking time to look at pictures, tell a story to a friend. Building early literacy skills; story telling and communication. 
December weather has been good! Sunny days are the best. 
Students are so creative when free building and exploring in the classroom. They use and build their imagination, problem solving skills, communication skills and take turns and learn to share. 
Lots of perseverance when cup stacking. 
Measuring in the classroom.. am I taller than the cups?
The flannel board provides a lot of vocabulary building and story telling. 
A new sensory table of Christmas fun. Scoop, pour, find and tell. 
Lots of fun building the elves and they have kept an eye on us all month!
Building lego cars that have mustaches. 
Pattern making.. from this pattern we have learned that patterns need to repeat 3 times and they have a main part called a core. We can make patterns with sounds, actions and objects.
This dinosaur eats grass so he is a herbivore! The carnivore came next. Lots of teeth. 
Half duck, half house! 
Building our reindeer. We have been listening to reindeer/caribou sounds in our classroom. Ask your child what they sound like. 
Students are getting so good at clipping corners to make circles for eyes!
Tech time has us working on logging on. We practice letter recognition and using our passwords. The students have done a good job following steps to then find our classroom webpage to access safe sights. 
The tree gets new decorations each day!
Building marble runs has been fun and has tested our engineering skills. 
Small group work with Mrs. Maris
Writing lists in the kitchen and cards at the craft table. 
We have had a visitor. Mr. Elf has been keeping an eye on us every day!
Working on strategies for problem solving.
Thanks for all the pictures for our letter collages. When we go over these, as a whole group, we practice listening for beginning sounds, letter recognition, writing what we speak and hearing more sounds in words. 
Santa's sleigh and reindeer.
We worked on our paper chain patterns. Making these had us working on fine motor skills and thinking about a pattern and making sure it repeated three times. 
Which peep will dissolve/melt first? We did find out that hot water makes a candy cane disappear faster than cold water. 
Outside play is always a favorite. Sliding, spinning, running, building, swinging, jumping and playing with friends. 
Happy Green Day with our silly faces.
Happy Red Day from us all! Getting ready for our Christmas Concert is a lot of work!
Way to go! Everyone had some red on.
Don't forget Christmas concert on Thursday at 6:30!
The K team!
