Lord have mercy pull the reins in on Rudolf. This is that time of year that no matter how much of a ” process” teacher you are you inevitably get sucked into the craft zone. There are more crafts going on right now than Build a Bear at the mall. Do I think that all […]
Category: <span>Christmas</span>
I’m the Happiest Christmas Tree
It was a busy Monday. I guess most are. We started our morning by making a Christmas ornament. My most favorite ornaments that hang on the tree are the ones made by Addam and Danielle when they were children or G when she was here in preschool. By the time we get out for […]
Reindeer
Today we took a closer look at reindeer. We watched a little video feed of some real live reindeer . I asked questions like : What other animal do they look like ? I thought they looked a lot like a cow in the face. None of these reindeer are flying . Do they […]
Oh Christmas Tree
Today we practiced our cutting skills by cutting out a Christmas tree. You will notice by the picture that some well.. just don’t look like a Christmas tree and that’s ok. The more we use the scissors the better we will get at it. The only direction I give them is to try […]
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like….
Christmas ! Would you rather be Santas elf or one of Santa’s reindeer ? It looks like more children would rather be a reindeer and Mrs Debbie seriously needs some art lessons . That elf if pretty pathetic. 🙂 Activities like the one teach one to one correspondence and gets their little finger […]
Spatulas
Yep, we need spatulas to scrape these kiddos off the ceiling today.. and yesterday.. and probably tomorrow. The closer we get to Christmas the louder they get. Thankfully.. the show goes on. We made the last ornament of this season out of the Letters to Santa in the paper. I think they turned out cute […]
Make A Craft With a Bell
Our advent activity bag today said ” Make a craft with a bell.” Behold another ornament for your tree ! On the table today were presents to sort […]
Of course it is warm and we are making snowflakes !
Our advent calendar bag had ” Bake a birthday cake for Jesus ” on it today. So we did ! We also made snowflake ornament for your tree. […]
Oh Christmas Tree
When we opened our advent activity bag today the note said ” Make Christmas playdoh. ” So we did. Here is the recipe if you want to make it at home. It is my favorite recipe. It is from Nurturecreek.com ! Each child is taking home a little in […]