A Snowy Day

I hope you have enjoyed the long holiday weekend; here is a recap of last week at school.

Our focus this month has been different winter themes; this week we focused on snow. Our class read The Snowy Day by Erza Keats and also watched a version from The Erza Keats website. We noticed similarities between Peter’s snowy day and our own experiences; we’ve woken up to find fresh snow covering the ground too! This is a popular subject in New England, many kids chimed in to tell me what they liked to do snowy days.

We started a project centered on The Snowy Day; using different scrapers and colors to move paint across the paper, they created a beautiful winter sky. This upcoming week, we will be adding snow and Peter.

We also did a science experiment to made it snow inside a jar! We started by first adding water and white paint to a large glass jar; mixing them together until the water was white. Baby oil was poured on top, giving us the opportunity to discuss why the oil ‘sat’ on top of the water. Next, we popped in Alka-Seltzer and the ‘snowstorm’ came alive. I walked around the circle with the jar so each child could take a look, touching the jar to see if our snowstorm was cold. 

The kids also worked hard on beading snowflakes. In order for the kids to bead, they needed to use both hands to hold the snowflake, crossing their midline, to thread the bead onto the pipe cleaner. This was challenging for some kids and I encourage you to bead at home. It’s a great opportunity to get them used to the feeling of crossing their midline and takes strength and coordination. The kids also had fun on Thursday using paint filled ice cubes to color! But I’m keeping them for the art show! I promise all art eventually comes home, but I do keep some art to use in the classroom and for their memory books.

I apologize for not sending the poem home from this week, but the poem was about getting dressed for building a snowman outside. The object of the poem was to reinforce the sequence of steps the kids need to take at MWS when getting ready to go outside. The boy put on his boots first, then his hat, gloves, coat, and oops! By the time he was done getting dressed; the snowman had melted! 

Here is some cuteness

See you in the classroom!

Ms. Rappaport