Thursday, January 20, 2011

Wonderful Winter!

Today was a blast with at Monarch Kids Preschool! Our theme was "Winter" so the majority of our activities were connected to a winter theme. Our snack was a "Snowman Snack" - we cut a snowman into our slice of bread with a cookie cutter, then spread marshmallow fluff on it and then topped it off with chocolate chip eyes and buttons. Yummy!

Our craft was super fun and I definitely want to do it again! We stuffed knee-high stockings with dried beans then tied a knot at that end. Then we dipped the "ball" part of the stockings into white paint and plopped it onto construction paper. It makes the appearance of snowballs! The kids absolutely LOVED this craft and it was super easy. To finish it off you can sprinkle glitter onto the wet paint.

We read many books about snow, snowmen, penguins...Then we played some fun counting games with white lego pieces ("snowflakes"), "Pass the Ice" (like "Hot Potato" just with something cold - play it until the ice cube melts!), and much more.

All this to say, we had a great time today! Next week's theme: transportation - should be super fun!

Take care,
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher

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