Monday, December 31, 2012

Holiday Gifts

In case you thought your holiday gift was store bought, here's a little peek at how they were made (:
searching for pine cones and pine needles
Charlie's collection


Caitie
Scarlet
drying towels
drying oranges

Jonah
Max and Solomon
Sean

Makenna
Caroline
Gigi
Merry
the finished product
We hope you enjoyed your gifts! Happy Holidays!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

A Peek At Our Week: Dec 17-20

It was space week in Nature Class. Wendy led an astronaut training program

In addition to being good listeners, astronauts need to exercise to stay healthy. Even our pregnant Nature teacher was doing pushups with the kids (;
The young astronauts conducted a number of experiments
A balloon rocket experiment! To see the video below, click on the link to the actual blog.

A good looking group of certified astronauts!
For Sign Language and Music, Sylvia's daughter, Hannah, came to visit
Dagny taught us that L is for lollipop!

We had more time for sledding this week! Charlie loves going really fast down the hill.
The Ponies and the llamas
Sean and his friends had fun building in the woods

A winter scene art project
Dagny's mom helped with our project
Sean's grandma read us a story...
and they both showed us how to make snowman cookies
Maddie's mom came to celebrate Maddie's 4th birthday
Ruby's mom came to celebrate Ruby's birthday too!
Ethan's mom read us a book called "The Quilt Maker's Gift"

We helped her make a quilt to give to a child in need
Jonah's mom and grandpa visited our classroom and read us a book. What a great week!
Happy Holidays! Have a wonderful winter break!

Saturday, December 15, 2012

A Peek At Our Week: Dec 10-14

 This week was all about fun in the snow! Here are some photos from our adventures...
Dagny and Makenna

Charlie
Sean
Elizabeth's parents brought a kicksled for us to try
Merry getting a ride
Caitie and Merry pushing a bale of straw to cover the fence at the bottom of the sledding hill

This crew worked hard to make our sledding spot safe

Ethan
We took a sledding break when the llamas wanted to join
Lucia holding one of our new hissing cockroaches
Lucia's mom came again to teach us some yoga on Friday morning
Solomon and his mom taught us about their Hanukkah traditions
Maddie taught us about the letter K. She brought us Kiwi and chocolate Kisses!
Wendy taught this Nature group about how clouds form
cloud paintings
Gigi's cloud painting