On Wednesday we played with fresh snow inside, made snowmen and snowmoms (it’s M week, after all) in the Tub Table, cleaned up to Frosty the Snowman, made mini muffins with play dough, painted another huge paper black at the easel, used our new library cart and learned a lot about Dr King. In the morning class we had 2 Golden Letter friends, Millie and Max H. In the afternoon class we had Golden Letter friends Malcolm and Grandma Mona. Our Tiny Things table is full of wearable black and white things. Here’s a friend who requested a photo…notice the rings!
Happy Birthday Dr King! We looked through a lot of photographs and drawings of Martin Luther King Jr seeing him as a leader, a pastor, a dad, a husband. We also had photos of three other leaders with M names: Maya Angelou, Malcolm X and Mae Jemison.
At Story Time Ms Kristin read The Story of Martin Luther King Jr and looked through other books about Dr King for reference. Our local library has a great collection of books and I will return them tomorrow!
Since we are not playing outside this week we are bringing the active play inside: there is a slide, Wind Tunnel, balance beam, balance boards, scooters and running track.
Once again we had Frosty the Snowman as our Clean Up song and as usual, children could use wipes to clean surfaces or brooms to sweep. Everyone helped today…find out what your child did! The room looks great and we have a lot of cleaning wipes as evidence!
Here are some Conversation Starters to use with your child:
Morning friends: Did you ever get extra marinara sauce? Millie brought everything to make our own mini pizzas including an instruction sheet. Grandma Bonnie and friends got them all baked and then we had extra toppings. What a fun treat! Thank you, Millie!
The morning class had a special visitor: Ms Kristin’s son Micah! He used to be a regular teacher friend pre-Covid and it was fun to have him back. He was a very good Snack Store worker.
Afternoon friends: Why did everyone get a candle today? For Dr King’s birthday (check your backpacks for the Dr King candle)! Annie and Jensen got their own birthday candles because it is their real birthday as well! We had cupcakes from Annie and ice cream from Jensen. Thank you friends!
Also, we read again today. In preschool we practice reading by repeating the word: I say, “The next word we’re reading is Martin” and then we all say “Martin” while I point at the letters. It is quite delightful and definitely counts as reading!
What did you draw today? We used one of Dr King’s quotes as a prompt for drawing things that we think are or are not right for certain situations: The time is always right to do what is right. I’m not surprised that these children have a very clear sense of what is right. I didn’t get pictures of them all but here’s a sampling.
Is there snow at your house? YES! We started our All School Graph today on things about the wintery weather. I’m sorry for all you moms and dads who have slipped over the last week, we heard all about it. By the afternoon class, we had to extend the “SNOW” column of the graph. We’ll see if we need to extend any more tomorrow!
We sang this Snow song with dancing scarves and once with nothing but our imagination.
Coping Skill: Smile in the mirror
This week we are smiling at ourselves in the mirror and telling ourselves “I love you.” These practices are shown to encourage self-compassion and remind us of our inherent worth which allows us to better handle challenges and build healthier relationships with others.
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We have a lot of mirrors in our classroom and are using mirror items in our projects.
Also, be impressed with your child’s mirror disco ball: every child independently cut their mirror sticker strip into pieces and transferred them to their cardboard circle. Pretty cool and exciting for me to see!
Clean Up Time Song:
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