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Hola outstanding families!

 

What a wild week of weather we had! Because of the blizzard over the weekend our playground was covered with a good coating of snow for most of the week. We still suited up all the Preschool friends who had snow gear and played outside throughout the week. Our criteria was if they had snow pants and snow boots then they were equipped for the playground, and Teacher Danielle kept friends inside and played games with those who did not have proper gear. Today we were very excited to see that most of the snow had melted on the playground so everyone went out and we had some extra time outdoors to soak in the warm air coming in.

 

We've continued talking together about Sandwiches as our class focus. On Wednesday our friends got to make their own sandwiches with white bread, grape jelly and Wow! Butter (a nut-free peanut alternative made from toasted soy). We practiced following all the steps to make our own sandwiches: we used spoons to spread the jelly and popsicle sticks to spread the butter onto the bread, then put them together. Several friends had said they "don't like" some of the ingredients, but everyone still followed all the steps and created their own sandwich. Once assembled we ate them all together as a special snack, and many of our friends were surprised to find that they DID in fact find it tasty! What a great way to try new foods!

 

During Centers time we also worked on letter and number recognition. In small groups we played a letter matching game with magnet letters. In another center we made cheese out of paper. Using a large squishy set of dice, we rolled a number. We had to identify the numeral on top of the dice, and that was the number of holes we drew onto yellow construction paper. This was a great activity for number identification and practice drawing circles. 

 

We also celebrated Nico and Teacher Danielle's birthdays today! Happy birthday!!!