Reindeer Fun on a Wednesday

Wednesday, December 10 2014

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer…..was who we were channeling today!  We had a great day in Room C today.  We had fun learning more about the Christmas Story, practicing our song Away in the Manger for Saturday night at Church, making fun Christmas activities and just having a great day with our friends.  It is so great to see how this group has adapted to the classroom environment since the beginning of the school year.  We are doing really well with sitting at circle time listening, following directions and participating as need be.  We know our routine fairly well and know what is to come next and are continuing to work on learning what is ok to do at school and what is not ok to do at school. 

Just a reminder that we are into flu season and that is always a good reminder to our little ones to keep our fingers out of noses and mouths and that washing our hands is always a good thing especially after we have gone to the bathroom or getting ready to eat some food.  Also it is best to cover our mouths when we need to sneeze or cough!  Enjoy reading what we did today and viewing the pictures of the fun things we did! 

Jesus Time: Today we continued Christmas Story and with the help of visual aides we learned how Mary and Joseph had to make a long journey to Bethlehem and when they arrived their was no room for them at the inn.  But they did find a stable that the innkeeper told them they could rest at and that is where Baby Jesus was born!   A big thank you to Avery’s Grandmother Barbara for loaning us the little people’s manger set to help tell the story of Baby Jesus!   

During our center time we used markers to color a picture of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. 

Number:  We continued learning about the number 5 today.  During Morning Meeting we looked at what the number 5 looks like and then we practiced counting to 5. We counted 5 fingers, rubbed our bellies 5 times, stomped our feet 5 times and jumped up and down five times.  We then counted 5 red Christmas Stockings. 

During center time we decorated a Christmas wreath by using a bingo dauber and finding 5 red berries in our wreath and then we practiced our prewriting skills by coloring the wreath green.

We also were given a big number 5 and we stamped 5 different Christmas items on the number 5 a practiced saying some new Christmas words, ornament, Christmas Tree, angel, gingerbread, stocking. 

Shape:  We are learning about a Triangle during December.  We talked about how a triangle has 3 sides and how a lot of times you can make a Christmas tree out of triangles. 

Center time allowed us the opportunity to trace a triangle with a with a green bingo dauber.

Color:  Green was introduced during our Morning Meeting and we filled up our green board with different objects that are green. 

Music and Movement: We also had fun singing our ABC’s, twinkle Little Star.  We practiced singing away in the Manager, which we will be singing on December 13 at the 5:00 church service.  We had fun clapping our hands, doing the Silly Dance Contest, Washing in the Wash Machine

Outside Time:  WE did go outside today it was great to get out and have some fresh air run and play with our other friends from other classes.  Please remember to dress your child appropriately from warm clothing, proper footwear and outerwear.

Patterning:  We continued working on our pattern of the month of candy cane and Ornaments.  We had fun saying the words and counting to 10!  More new Christmas Vocabulary words!    

During center time we did a Christmas pattern of Christmas tree and Stocking.  We are really getting good with our pattering skills. 

Science and Sensory:  The sensory table was filled with all different types of things we may see at Christmas time.  It will be opened each day for the children, to touch, look and feel what we may see at Christmas.  Ask them what they saw in the table.  More new Christmas Vocabulary words to learn….

During center time we had fun making a reindeer with our feet and hands with brown paint!  Be sure to wash your child’s feet extra good tonight I think we got the majority of the paint off our feet but we might of missed a little!   This was fun activity and the kids loved it! 

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Free Choice Play

We continued listening to a variety of Christmas Music today, it is fun to see what songs some of my friends know and which ones they don't!  We had fun exploring and investigating around the room going on, which is so important at this age.

.Puzzles were a big deal today we had fun finding where the pieces went

.Neigh, the horse is still in the classroom getting lots and lots of love! 

.Decorating the Christmas tree and it looked fabulous by the end of the day

.Playing with trucks! 

.Some of us were having so much fun running around the classroom that we decided to go outside for a few minutes to burn off a little energy! 

.I didn't get out the play dough this morning and one of my little friends asked so nicely if we could get it out….so we did 

.and we had so much fun making different Christmas cut outs! 

.Morning Meeting 

.Transition Time

.We are getting ready to wash hands and head for snack! 

.Circle Time

.We were brushing our teeth!

.Silly Dance Contest 

.Washing in the Washing Machine! 

OUTSIDE TIME! 

IT was chilly but we went out and had a great time! 

.Practicing for our big Debut

Today all the PDO classes came into our room to practice singing Away in the Manger for Saturday Night we did a pretty great job! 

.Center Time

We continued listening to Christmas Music and having fun in the classroom 

.Giddy up Cowboy JACK! 

.Mrs. Horn's daughter Scarlett joined us for a while today and we had fun with a new friend to play with

.MD hard at work writing on the Elmo magna doodle

Reindeer Feet

.Reindeer Antlers

.Reindeer Eyes and Noses

.Christmas pattern

This was a little tricky today because we had to keep our stamp inside a box.  This was a great way to work that self control and fine motor skill as well as our patterning skills all rolled into one.  Not to mention saying new Christmas Words, Christmas Tree and Stocking

.Counting 5 Christmas Stamps

Working on counting to 5 and new Christmas words

GINGERBREAD, STOCKING, ORNAMENT,ANGEL, CHRISTMAS TREE

  

.Finding 5 Berries for our CHRISTMAS WREATH

.Coloring a Nativity Scene with markers

.Having Fun in the Classroom

.Taking a break on the Buzz chair

.Working on the magnet board building the Nativity Story 

.Building a train track together with a friend

Shape of a Triangle

.Last Book of the Day

We are doing really well sitting and listening to books! 

.It was a fun and fesitive day in our classroom.  Have a great rest of the week and I look forward to seeing you all next week.  If you are singing on Saturday Night I will see you at 4:45 in the Welcome Center of the Church!  Blessings to you all.