Polar animals

We finished up our winter themes this week with polar animals. We loved learning about what polar animals have on their bodies to help them adapt to frigid temperatures and survive in a land of snow and ice. We pretended to be penguins and polar animals swimming, diving and looking for something to eat. :) We worked hard creating special polar art projects and continue to look like more like kindergartners each day.

Instead of our handprint, we used our footprint to make some cute penguins. I wish I had every student on video getting their foot painted! They were SO ticklish!!!

We are getting so good at writing our first names and many of us are writing our last names! We sure are some smart cookies!

We even can stamp out and write the sight words we've been learning!

We had fun playing, "penguin, penguin, polar bear" instead of duck, duck, goose.

We always pray and thank God for our yummy snack and friends each day. It is precious to hear the students pray.

While we eat our snack, Mrs. Traci reads us a bible story.

Some penguins stomped on by and left their mark :)

We enjoyed the new toys and center items this week, especially the transportation vehicles.

We taped a polar bear on white paper and then sponge painted all over the paper. When we took off our taped piece, we had a perfect white polar bear standing in an icy region. We thought this was pretty magical!

We were smarties when we counted penguins and found the correct number

These fun creations will hopefully make the perfect fridge magnet. :)

Ice and Snow!

Brrrrrrrrrrrr....we brought a little of the outside into our classroom the last two weeks exploring snow and ice. We loved having the sensory table full of frozen treasures. We used syringes filled with warm water to try and melt the ice. When our curiosity got the better of us we just used hammers to break through the ice to find the hidden mysteries. :) We did such a great job sharing the space and the materials with our friends!

We look like big kindergartners these days writing so nicely and reading our sight word books. WOW!

Making snowflakes was challenging but we are really good with trying new things and sticking with it. We realized every snowflake is unique just like us!

We had some more fabulous snowflake home projects to share.

Way to go!

Since we haven't been able to get outside to play we brought some action and fun indoors. We played hot potato and had to pass it quickly before the potato's music ended. We loved it!!

I loved watching their faces as they hurried. Such great teamwork!

Playing in the snow (shaving cream) was so much fun! We got to practice our letters, numbers and even some of our new sight words we've learned all while getting a little messy....always a good thing in preschool!

Some of us got a little messier than others and didn't mind one bit! :)

Snowy scene of smiling kids!

Welcome back!

It was a wonderful first week back to school! We enjoyed talking about and creating snowy pictures and definitely enjoyed seeing our friends again. Here are some cuties holding their snowman creations they made with their families. We sure do have some talented kids! :)