A Letter From the Teacher
Our feasts are looking very yummy! Thank you so much for signing up to make our holiday parties very special and filled with yummy treats! Families are invited to join us for the event. We have been working on gifts for you and we have little gifts for the kids too. It will be a great celebration!
I hope you all are looking forward to spending some special time with you little ones during the next two weeks off. I know it can get a little crazy during the holidays so I wanted to pass on some advice. I know the weather is rather unpleasant this time of year, but the kids really need to get out and get some exercise. Take a walk or take a trip to the park. Don’t worry, cold weather doesn’t cause colds, viruses do. So feel free to bundle up and brave the cold. You’ll be glad you did! :-) And if the weather is really nasty, drop in an exercise video and have a blast! Imagine the silliness! And when we gather again in January, keep going out and enjoying the great outdoors and you’ll be playing a huge part in helping lower our classroom behavior problems.
It’s hard to believe the first half of our year is coming to an end! We’ve been blessed with wonderful families this year! Thank you so much for all the ways you have helped the Sunshine class! Thank you for cutting crafts, washing clothes, donating supplies, making play dough and so much more!
Oh, don’t forget our book exchange at the party!
Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
-Teacher April
This Week in the Sunshine Class
And now on to the holiday I actually know something about! We did have a lot of fun learning about Chanukah and Kwanzaa though. :-)
This week we’ll be doing some cute Christmas projects like a Christmas tree made of hands!
My most favorite Christmas book is, “Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree.” I’ve read it to my classes each year and they always enjoy it and I’m looking forward to sharing it again this year.
We have a very special guest joining us at the end of the week to read “The Night Before Christmas.” It’ll be a very special treat!
To work on some fine motor skills we’ll have blocks, wrapping paper, scissors and tape. The kids will be able to wrap and unwrap the blocks for fun.
I also have a mitten game that involves matching letters. The kids loved hanging bats with clothespins so I created this game which is very similar. They’ll hang matching mittens side by side.
Who doesn’t love chocolate! We’re playing a game where the kids try and smell what’s in a wrapped present and hopefully they’ll guess it’s chocolate! It’ll be a great sensory experience for the nose, the hands (unwrapping the box) and the tongue...yum yum!
We’ll be visiting the grandmas and grandpas at Vencore this week to bring them some Christmas joy!
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