Again, another month has slipped away and it took me forever to post to the blog. Last week, we learned about penguins. We read several books about penguins and made a penguin finger puppet. I was also able to send home some origami penguin patterns for the families to do together. We weren't able to complete all of the penguin ideas I had wanted to do because of some personal events, but the students seemed to really love the activities we did complete.
This last week, we read the book "It Looked Like Spilt Milk". It's a book about white shapes that look like many things, such as a mitten or spilt milk. The end of the book reveals that it is the clouds that make such great shapes. One activity we did was to put white paint on a blue sheet of paper and fold it in half. The students used their imaginations to guess what their shape looked like when we opened it back up. Some of the images the students saw included a cake, reindeer, two people, and a bow. These are on display in our hallway. We also made blue jello to resemble the sky. We then ate our tasty treat with cool whip clouds.
As Valentine's Day quickly approaches, we will be doing many heart activities this next week. We also have a parent/child activity planned for Valentine's Day as well as a Teddy Bear show and tell day on Feb. 17.
Later Days!
