I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Winter Break! Mine was so relaxing that I forgot to post about the week before break! So here’s a quick summary:
Throughout the week, children had fun creating bead snowflakes, making pine cone bird feeders, and learning about the Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Christmas. On Thursday, we took a walking field trip to town hall to donate non-perishable goods to the food bank! We got a tour of the food bank and our wonderful guides told us all about how it works. The children worked together to take our donations out of the bags and give them to the food bank. It felt great to give back! Friday was Polar Express Day. Children wore pajamas and were surprised to find a train track (made out of tape) on the floor of our classroom when they arrived! We worked together to decorate a cardboard box that had the bottom cut out of it to make it look like the polar express. Children took turns “riding” the polar express around the train track. Later, we had a hot chocolate party! It was a very fun day!
After winter break, we had a very short, 2-day week. We had fun seeing all of our friends again after a long break, and all of the children looked so much bigger to me! Many children enjoyed using the moveable alphabet this week, working on initial sounds or sounding out words. We also had a lot of fun outside, building a giant wall out of snow chunks!
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