Today we talked about how it snowed this time last year. We wondered if it will snow this Christmas. Then we read a book about snow. Here in lies the […]

Today on our calendar with national ice cream day. I tried to get the ice cream truck to come over but his fans are in maintenance. So we did the […]

Today we made our third Christmas ornament of the season. It was a great learning activity as well since we were spelling our names. This activity was a little challenging […]

Today the children made Christmas cookies in a cup 1 Tablespoon of butter melted, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla, pinch of salt, one egg yolk, 3 tablespoons […]

Today we did a directed drawing of a Christmas tree. Our tree was more the realistic type of tree than the cartoon type. I love directed drawings. Not only does […]

Kindness matters. In a group setting friendships are fluid. One day you’re my best friend and the next day you’re not – simply because julie has on a red shirt […]

Today we did a little cooking. I wanted to do gingerbread but just wasn’t in the mood for all that entails. My friend made hot cocoa with her kid’s the […]

The holidays are hard. Schedules are off. Good is different. Emotions are sometimes carried on our sleeve. Many teachers find these are the times to “buckle down “ and add […]

Today I showed the children my Christmas decorations and we talked about how they would like to decorate our play areas. They loved my Santa collection I added our trees […]

Today has been a good day. We did our normal routine. Keeping things in a routine is important to children EVEN MORE on holidays. Those tend to be the days […]