From Teacher 2 Parent: We're Having 'SNOW' Much Fun!

This week letters were P, S, A Our snowman letters have been put in order over and over again. Some spelled their name too.

Penguin play and Penguin letter matching.

The snowballs were a hit. When we throw them in the bucket, they light up!

Winter Session Begins with learning about snow and the arctic weather. We worked on vocabulary with words from WINTER: cold, shiver, iceberg and many more. It's great to hear them using the words and expanding their vocabulary!

The children have done great getting back to the routine and they made some new friends too.

Science this week was learning how long it takes a bottle of ice to melt. Some decided it would be anywhere from 400 Trillion minutes or until the end of class. : ) They brought up comments like " it has to get warm", "ice turns into water", "the ice keeps the water cold". Great thinking!

Thursday class has many new students and made many new friends as they checked out the learning centers. We learned how to pattern at the manipulative table and did some problem solving while playing in our arctic playset.

We began learning letter and sounds with our zoo friends. Zoo Phonic program teaches the letter, sound and a movement all at once instead of separately. This not only is faster, but the child makes the connection of a sound as they learn the letter.

During quiet reading time, the children took off with an idea. The wanted to tell stories to each other, so they lined up the chairs and each had a book. They stood up one at a time to "read" their story to the class. This was TOTALLY child directed and I stood back and observed. Isn't it amazing what they can do?! This showed critical thinking, problem solving and creativity! We welcomed Miss Debbie, Mcqueens' new Preschool teacher as she 'shadowed' me for the morning.