"P" is for

PAJAMAS - after reading the story "There Were 10 in the Bed" of course we had to act it out.

POPCORN - we popped popcorn in the hot air popper with the lid off. What a surprise it was to see the popcorn fly all over the place.

PARACHUTE - We pretended that some balls were popcorn and popped them all over the place with the parachute.

PANCAKES - Our Tuesday/Thursday class made pancakes for snack.

PILLOW CASE RACE - Our Wednesday/Friday class had time to do pillowcase races.

Doctors and Nurses

What a great time we had learning about our bodies and some of the parts that are "hiding" on the inside. The kids especially enjoyed playing doctor and nurse, and fixing each other's "ailments".

More fun with shapes

We played with lots of shapes this week. We built towers with square boxes, and had fun trying to match the right sized lid with the right sized box.

We played with shape puzzles

We learned how to make triangle pyramids. We had lots of team work as the children taught each other how to make their shapes.

We learned some stories with the number 3 - The 3 Little Pigs, and 3 Billy Goats Gruff.

And of course, as promised, we played with bubbles some more.

Circles Everywhere

We are going to have a lot of fun with shapes. We started with circles. We made "Cindy Circle" out of circle shapes and we made a circle picture stamping all different sizes of circle objects. Some kids really got involved and it was hard to drag them away from the table.

It didn't leave a lot of time for our GIANT bubbles! The kids were surprised that round bubbles always appeared no matter what shape we blew through. They each took a quick turn blowing a BIG bubble, and I promised them we would spend a little more bubble time next week.

Bubble Recipe

1/4 cup Dawn liquid dishwashing soap

2 1/2 cups water

Bubble Blower - Loop about 3 feet of string through two drinking straws (see how it should look in the pictures above.) Dip in soap solution. Carefully lift it up and open it to make a rectangle. Blow through the film, or lift it up slowly.

W is for Winter

The highlight of the week was playing with snow INSIDE.

We had Waffles for snack, and I heated them on a cookie sheet in the oven. When one of the children saw them on the pan, he exclaimed, "Look, it's a bear. See his belly button, and his ears?" I had to take a picture, and share. Aren't preschoolers amazing?

Merry Christmas

Christmas is coming so quickly this year. This week we enjoyed making candy cane striped

cookies, lots of "C" activities and Christmas songs, and we especially loved decorating our little Christmas trees. Have a great Christmas, and we'll see you back in January!