3's December Christmas Party!

Singing, games and laughter filled the 3's classrooms as they celebrated the Christmas holiday with family and friends.

Game time - lots of fun with candy canes!

Performing Christmas songs for family!

2's December Happenings

December always seems to be a month full of fun and excitement - this year was no different!  All three classes of twos enjoyed numerous activities targeting all kinds of skills - gross and fine motor skills, identifying shapes and colors and so  much more!  Learning was fun as each person helped decorate their Christmas tree with ornaments.

     

We took the time for lots of fine motor skill practice like stringing jingle bells on pipe cleaners,

gluing lots of green on Green Day,

transferring water from one bowl to another with sponges (a favorite!),

and gluing ornaments (pom poms) on Christmas trees.

And speaking of Green Day, look at these cuties all dressed in green!

Bean bags are so much fun especially when we get to throw them across the room at our big blue star, the shape of the month!

Learning to work together!

Christmas party fun!

Looking forward to what January holds for us!

4's: Thanksgiving Play

Part of our Thanksgiving party celebration included a Thanksgiving play.  These are some of the cutest Pilgrims, Indians and turkeys ever!

4's: Baking bread

This is really late but just has to be posted.  The 4's had a great time talking about friendship and one of our new favorite activities is to make bread in a bag!  Not only was it fun but it was edible too!!!  First we placed all the ingredients in a bag and then squished and squished and squished until everything was mixed up - really mixed up!

Then the dough was kneaded and placed in bread pans.

  

It was baked and ready to be taken home and eaten.  We had several that asked for the recipe ... I think it was a big success!

 

And we finished up our Thanksgiving party with a play.  Our Pilgrims, Indians and Turkeys did a great job!

 

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

3's: Learning Through God's Word

The Battle of Jericho:  God gave Joshua very specific directions concerning Jericho.  Obedience was important.  Hard work was ahead as we built the wall of Jericho, marched around it, blew our trumpets ...

 ... and got to yell IN the classroom, making the walls tumble down!

 

Daniel and the Lion's Den:  The lions in the den were very hungry!

Daniel remained obedient to God and was thrown into the den of hungry lions.

 

God sent an angel to protect Daniel and to close the mouths of the lions.

 

Learning together is a fun way to grow in God's Word!

2's: Gross Motor Skill workout

Our large motor skills get a good workout as well in the 2's room.  We get a good workout on the playground but here are just a few of the activities we do in the classroom.

Stepping up and down,




















throwing bean bags and

 

tossing balloons in the air just to name a few.

You never know what we will work on next!

4's: Popping Popcorn

Popcorn is a favorite snack and we decided to pop it a little differently than usual.  Since we were expanding our knowledge of our 5 senses, we decided to use this to pop the corn.  We could see it, hear it and smell it so much better!

It was fun to watch it pop into the air!

We danced and laughed as we watched and listened to the pop corn pop.  Even though we were outside, we could still smell it and it made us hungry for some popcorn!

After we cleaned up we went inside and popped some popcorn the "new fashioned way" ... in the microwave!  Then we could touch and taste the corn, actually - we devoured it!  What a fun way to explore our 5 senses!

2's: Small muscles activities

Lots of daily activities, like getting dressed and eating, require control of the small muscles in the hands.  Children can do more and more things for themselves when they strengthen their fine motor skills.  The activities vary but the 2's have lots of opportunity to practice these skills each class day.

Gluing ...

Painting ...

Stringing cheerios

As you can see, we take our work very seriously!  It's fun to strengthen those muscles!!