Mittens Unit

Coloring our mittens

 Mittens for Show-and-Tell

We read "The Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens" and acted it out. The kids had so much fun!

Happy Birthday Kansas!!!!

The preschoolers cut construction paper in the shape of Kansas

 They drew a sunflower and a cottonwood tree on it

 The kids wrote the word Kansas all by themselves!

 They glued sunflower seeds to the middle of their sunflowers and cotton pieces to their tree

Happy 152nd Birthday Kansas!!!

ABC Stamping

The kids were having so much fun using the ABC stamps

 The worked on patterning 

 They worked on building words

What a fun literacy activity!!!

African American Heroes Unit

We learned about Martin Luther King Jr.

 Show-and-Tell: Ryder shares of photo of his family

 Madelynn brought Time Magazine for Kids to share with our group

 We discussed equality and how we want everyone to be treated fairly and with respect.

The preschoolers wrote about their dreams.

 Ms. Ashley points to the large crowd that came to see Martin Luther King Jr. speak

We learned so many new things and understand how important it is to treat people fairly. 

We celebrate you Mr. King!!!!

You made many things possible for the future's children!

Ms. Ashley Donates Her Hair to Locks of Love

This is the second time Ms. Ashley has donated her hair to locks of love. She has so much hair she is able to donate two pony tails. The last time she donated her hair was two years ago. Boy does her hair grow fast!

Look how long Ms. Ashley's hair is!

 WOW, what a difference!

Locks of Love is a wonderful organization. They use donated hair to create wigs for children who have lost their hair due to cancer or other illnesses. Locks of Love has a 10 inch pony tail requirement for donation. One of their main contributors of hair is children. Visit their website for more information about how you can give a donation today!!!

VISIT:    http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html

Snowy Days

Tossing snowballs indoors

 Working on large motor skills

 Show-and-Tell: Sharing books with snowy day scenes

 We read the book "Snowflake Bently"

It is a true story about the first photographer to photograph snowflakes up close

The preschoolers made black and white photographs of snowflakes

 Practicing name writing on the back of our photographs

 Making snowmen

HOW TO MAKE A SNOWMAN 

First: We painted 3 circles

Second: We glued the circles onto the posterboard (working on organizing from smallest to largest)

Third: We painted a mixture of liquid epsom salt over the entire posterboard

Fourth: We added eyes, a nose, and buttons to our snowman

Fifth: We added stuffing to make snow on the ground