HAPPY MONDAY!!!

So happy to be back from

Thanksgiving break!

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas

in our classroom

Lots of new morning work activities

Winter Village

mini tree to decorate

a nativity

a counting Christmas tree game

Morning Meeting

we first counted how many friends came to school

today

then we went around the circle and talked about break and 

what kind of food we ate on Thanksgiving Day

I asked the children if 

they knew what Advent meant and why

we celebrate it

 I also showed the children our Advent Wreath

Advent is the season of preparing......

preparing for the birth of Jesus

We bundled up and went outside

we discovered lots of ICE!

Teagan and I were running in place to stay warm

Then one of the boys suggested hanging out in the tunnel

to stay warm!

so FUN discovering all the icy patches!!

We lasted outside longer than I thought

about 15-20 mins.

STORY TIME

I thought this was the perfect book

since we all had frozen noses today

Claire was weather helper

Aiden was prayer leader

Carly was our snack manager

SNACK TIME

Carly also did the teacher assistant job...she did a great

job pointing to the letters and calling on friends!

Mystery Letter Monday!!

A classroom favorite!

The pictures were nose, nurse and nest

A few friends kept suggestion words

that actually start with K

(Knock. Know, Knife....

very tricky)

CENTER TIME:

So many friends were SO excited to

 decorate the tree!!!

We have Christmas Cards in the writing center

Magnetic Stuff is FUN!!

Jingle Bells work perfectly!

Practicing writing our names.... some of our 5 year old are ready to 

start first and last with lower case letters!

Also we looked in mirrors and drew our self portraits

Our lights are looking SO pretty!

Exercise Time

Running in place

 YOGA Time

Teagan chose Downward Dog Pose

Really great job!!!