❄ LET IT SNOW!/Christmas ❄
Probably not the best week to talk about snow with such mild temperatures, but the Quarter Notes were very interested in the topic, so here we go! ⛄
Of course, we read the Ezra Jack Keats classic, The Snowy Day. This book is so relaxing to read and it's fun to talk about last week's curriculum while reading (Peter's snowball melts in his pocket). Afterwards, we created some fun artwork using paint and copies of the Quarter Notes in their snowsuits. The footprints in the snow were made by the children's fingerprints.
Snowball Math and cottonballs were out on the tables. A teacher was sitting with the children to help with number correspondence, counting, and number recognition. We gave gentle reminders and were able to assist with counting skills.
On Tuesday, the Quarter Notes used pipettes to make Insta Snow grow! The Insta Snow is a polymer (sodium polyacralate). It's basically the material inside of a diaper that makes it absorb liquid. When you mix the solid (Insta Snow) and the liquid (water) together the solid begins to grow because it's pulling the water into its structure. The molecules of the Insta Snow absorb about 100 times its mass. The class loved watching the powder expand and playing with the polar bears. Using a pipette was also a great fine motor skills activity.
We made Charlie Brown trees on Wednesday. The class loved this project and kept talking about the trees every time they went to their cubbies (they were placed on top of the cubbies for safe keeping).
Christmas Light Patterns were out on the math table. The children recognized the different colors, velcroed the lights to their matches, then spoke the patterns out loud (green, red = AB pattern/ blue, yellow, red = ABC pattern).
Whiteboard markers were used to practice handwriting skills on laminated sheets (Words: tree, Santa, snow, and star.)
There was another surprise fire drill on Thursday at noontime. The Quarter Notes are getting pretty good at dropping everything (they were cutting and coloring before lunch), lining up quickly, and walking to the big tree. 🌳
We read Angelina Ballerina during circle. The children were so excited to see the Nutcracker/ ballerina illustrations! What else could we do but have the class watch the actual dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Everyone loved the dancing and listening to Tchaikovsky. 🎶
The stockings were hung on the window with care.....
Look at these beautiful stockings! They are very festive and VERY glittery! 🌟
(Process pictures below)
A reminder from Katrina:
Just a reminder, the Suzuki Preschool will be closed Friday 12/24/2021 - Friday12/31/2021. We will reopen on Monday 1/3/2022. Out of caution, please plan to Antigen test your student on Monday 1/3/2022 before returning to school. PCR testing has resumed and will take place on Monday 1/3/2022 during the school day.
❄ MANDARIN: Learned the word and character for mountain. Reviewed vocabulary (dog, rabbit, emotions, songs). Read a book and learned different vocabulary words including Merry Christmas, Santa Claus, and hat. Watched a Baby Shark video sung in Mandarin. So cute! 🦈
❄ MUSIC: Jingle bells, signing caroles, Mississippi stop, stop.
❄ SPORTS: Rainbow strings, throwing balls, and Yoga.
😊 Have a great weekend! 😊
Alison Dressler Dana Mathews
Snowball Math.
Look at these cuties!
Dalia dabbing toilet paper into white paint to make a snowstorm on the paper!
Lucy counting the snowballs and putting the same number of cottonballs on the paper.
Shawn thought that using toilet paper to make snow was funny. 🤣
Melody and Ms. Dressler were twins! ❤
The character for mountain.
Michael used his pointer finger to follow the lines of the character.
Thanks for sharing, Aashvi!
The children were excited to see the sand toys! 😄
Insta Snow Science experiment.
These Dollar Store supplies made the cutest Christmas trees! 🎄
First, we put Modge Podge on the Dixie cups.....
Then, we wrapped the Dixie cups with tissue paper.....
Then a teacher helped to glue a star and decorations on the tree.
Big Mountain
Hat
Quarter Note landscapers. ❤❤
The Quarter Note classroom tree got decked out in Christmas lights.
Let It Snow! Q.N. bulletin board.
Q.N. classroom window decorations.
Ms. Dressler's daughter, April (right), and her two best friends at the Winter Cotillian dance last Saturday.
🖤❤🖤
As grumpy as she was the next morning, April made four goals during her Field Hockey game the next morning. 🏑 (And she definitely was grumpy.)
Sprinkling either rainbow, silver, or blue glitter onto the stockings.
Whoa! That's a lot of glitter, Michael! 😱 🤣
Using stickers and gluing cotton balls onto the stockings.
Practice writing letters.
Ms. Matthew's daughter, Helene, with her cute dog. 😍
Aashvi creating an AB pattern.
Melody creating an ABC pattern.
Watching the Sugar Plum Fairy dance from the Nutcracker.
Angelina Ballerina danced as a Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker.
Once upon a time, Ms. Dressler's daughter also loved images of ballerinas.
(April doing a grand jete.)
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