Making Mittens

We made mittens for our craft this week. We are going to hang them up at Open House(March 4th) so be sure to look for your child's. The kids had to cut them out; all of them cut to their best ability. They did a great job! We talked about how mittens match so they had to make the same pattern on both of them. After they made their mittens they got to paint them with water and epsom salt to make them look like they had been in the snow.
You can kind of see the snowy effect on the last picture.

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel

I love winter books!! There are so many good ones! All of us helped read the story on Tuesday. This was a fun rhyming and rebus story about a child who gets dressed layer by layer to play outside and takes it off the same way. The kids really caught on after the first page, they were so excited to help "read" our story. This would be a fun story to get from the library, I'm sure your child would love to help "read" the story again. Here is a sample page.

Before we read the story we talked abut what we would wear to keep us warm while we play in the snow. Each child shared what they would wear outside. Ask your child what they wore. Here's the song we sang.

(sung to the tune of "Mary Wore Her Red Dress")

I would wear a (jacket), a (jacket), a (jacket).

I would wear a (jacket) to play in the snow.

After we read the story, we invited each child to select a card (either hat, scarf, or jacket). During work time, they got to glue their picture on a snowy scene and draw a picture of themself wearing the item. We got some great pictures so we made it into a class book! The kids really worked hard on this.

I can't wait to watch the kids read "Sunshine Mountain's Jacket I Wear in the Snow". I will post a picture of our book when I finish it.

Winter Necklace Work

The kids are really enjoying our new "winter" necklace work. We've had this necklace work out on the shelf for most of the year but we switch out the pieces depending on the unit we are on. This is building great fine motor skills and the kids really like their seasonal necklaces. (:

As you see in this picture, we have the kids keep one end of the string clipped to a clothespin. We have found that it helps keep the pieces on the necklace while they are working.
Here are some of our friends making necklaces.

Wintery Work

Here's some of our wintery work that we had out this week at school.

Some of our friends painted snowman and used a spool to make snowflakes.

In our hole punching basket we put coffee filters folded up to make snowflakes. At our discovery area we made a snowy scene. We each got to contribute to our picture. Some of us made a snowman by tracing 3 different size circles, some made their own circles to make a snowman and some made snowstorms! (: