Pajama Day Preparations

We are getting the classroom ready for Pajama Day on Friday. Yesterday the afternoon class painted these lovely watercolor lanterns. A little vegetable oil makes the paper translucent. We will enjoy the battery operated candle glow on Friday!

Penguins

The morning class made these penguins after we read the book Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice. I got the idea for this project on Pinterest.

Exploring the light table

The afternoon class has been learning more about light and dark this week. We read a book about the moon called On the Moon. We learned that the moon is very dusty and has lots of holes. During center time we have been using light at the Discovery Center. We have a homemade light table and Lite Brite we have been exploring this week.

Today we took advantage of the Star Lab being in the building by spending our group time gazing at the stars.

Snowmen everywhere but outside

We have been making many different kinds of snowmen in preschool. Today we made........... Playdough snowmen,

and snowmen made out of cotton pads,

The penguins and polar bears are even driving the cars in the block center!

Can this really be January 5th?

The afternoon class made these name snowmen to hang on our lockers.......

Then we played outside for extra time to enjoy the 60 degree weather! It was so nice that we were able to take our coats off and enjoy the swings on the playground :)

The children have been asking and asking if they can swing and I thought that it would be a great way to celebrate the warm January weather.

We are hoping this weather sticks around for awhile!

Happy New Year!

Paper towel tube snowmen made by the afternoon class.

The afternoon class