Christmas is Almost Here

Today we took out our Christmas box.  In that box were some pretty cool things to do . There is a little village ( yes, it is breakable ) to […]

Snowmen

Today was a little more hectic again but we survived !   We had a visitor that came to observe this morning .She is a certified teacher that works at […]

Lets Celebrate

One of the components of Conscious Discipline that we have not initiated yet was the celebration ritual.  Celebration rituals are exactly what it implies.  It gives our school family a […]

Playing in the Snow

So maybe we didnt actually play IN THE SNOW but we played in shaving cream and it is white like snow.  🙂  The kids love playing in shaving cream.  We […]

Santas Workshop is Open

Santas workshop opened today.  The children love getting in there and pretending they are working on toys.  It is really pretty cute !   We made another ornament today.  We […]

The Letter W

Today we  talked about the letter W as we wrap up our unit on winter.  ( Next week is snow and ice so we will still be exploring many of […]

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer

I started the day DETERMINED to have a good day.  Good day doesn’t mean I just let everything roll off my back and go with the flow. Good day means […]

Winter Patterning

Patterns are everywhere we look. It is on animals .  It is in clothes.   When students start recognizing patterns they see how things fit together and work. Word patterns, […]

The Mitten

The Mitten is a great book written by Jan Brett.  The illustrations are wonderful.  We started out small group today reading the book ” The Mitten .” It’s a story […]

Winter is Coming

Today we read the book ” Winter is Coming ” and we talked about ( and charted ) what we think ” winter ” is.  Some of the answers I […]