Snow Projects Week
This week all of the art projects were related to snowy scenes. We read books about snowmen, sledding, winter clothes, or simply playing in the snow. Our Circle Time visitors (big Olaf and little Olaf) are seen below holding copies of “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats. After reading the larger copy, I found the small, chunky book. We read the small version to see if it is the same as the larger copy. The children noticed that the colors were a bit different and the larger one has a ‘sticker’ (Caldecott Medal) on it. Other than that, the books are the same. The children kept talking about Peter, the boy in “The Snowy Day.” They were very excited when I told them that I have another book about Peter. I borrowed it from the MWS library in Rm. 16 and everyone enjoyed this story, too.
The children created a page from “The Snowy Day”
Some of the activities this week were:
Below are the snowmen the children painted after viewing a sample and given verbal instructions. Is your child able to tell you which one he/she made?
Many years ago, a parent made this quilt and matching bean bags for the class. It was a great activity to pull out this week when it was too icy to go outside. The quilt was put on the rug during Circle Time. Each child was given a bean bag and one at a time, the children were called up to put their bean bag on the matching letter. We kept going around the circle until all the letters were covered.
On Thursday, I read a book that a child brought in from home…..”If You Give a Cat a Cupcake.” In the book, the cat wants sprinkles to put on the cupcake. After I finished the story, I realized that there was some white frosting in the office refrigerator and a bottle of sprinkles in the food closet. I asked Mrs. Dotivala to take over Circle Time while I used crackers (instead of cup cakes) to surprise the children. And they were very surprised when we gave them a snack similar to the story. Everyone got one of these treats, supplemented by plain crackers and craisins.
You have already seen a photo of the ice cream toy that was available this week. Here is an interesting observation. The first day it was on this little table, the child who sat on the left chair used the scoop to make the ice cream cone. The child on the right chair ate the ice cream. After that, every child who wanted to make the ice cream cone sat on the left chair. Even though the tray easily slides from side to side on the table, the children who ‘made’ the ice cream cone would only sit on the left chair. The child in the right chair didn’t touch the scoop. Even when told they could take turns by giving the scoop to the other child, the children insisted on switching seats.
This is another reason why all the teachers in the Orange Classroom love to listen, observe, play with, and see the children interact with one another.