Penguins, Polar Bears, Oh My! Learning about winter animals!

As always our 2 days just seem to fly by. We did so many fun things while learning about winter animals...penguins don't fly and polar bears don't hibernate! We also did a fun retelling of the story, The Mitten, by our author of the month, Jan Brett. This is so fun and I will continue it into next week's theme as well. For number sense we continued with the number 6 and for word study we worked on the letter Bb.

Thursday:
We read a fun story, Where's is Home, Little Pip? After we this sweet story about a sweet little penguin getting lost...we made cute little penguins of our own. I loved seeing their own sweet styles when gluing them together. This was also great for following 1-2 step directions. We also pulled in some fun non-fiction information about penguins as well.

 

Great job sweet buddies!

We had special visitors from a Karate Place off of Charlestown Rd. Be sure to check their folders for a month month free coupon! Karate is great for so many things...discipline and fine motor skills just to name 2!

awesome flexibility!

Such a great listener!

Speaking of polar bears...let's bear crawl!

Get it sweet girl!

POW!!!!!!!

Even sweet princesses can kick! 

Letter Bb letter hunt. 

letter Bb dot sheet...then off to play with our friends!

6 is for 6 sliding penguins. This was a great time not only to count...but to cut as well. Our class has done an amazing job with learning their scissor grip. As we will continue to grow at school you can continue to work with them at home! Some great things to have them cut: yarn and play-doh.

Look at that hold! He is rocking cutting up those penguins.

She is putting a smile on my face just watching her cut with such perfection!

After listening to Jan Brett read, "The Mitten" We practiced retelling the story in a fun way. The parachute represents the mitten and the kiddos represent the creatures in the story that get into the mitten.

Each animal makes room for the next...

Getting ready for the little mouse to tickle the bear's nose...and then...Ahhhhhh-Choooo! The creatures fly out!

Friday:
We read, Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you Hear? By Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by one of our favorites, Eric Carle.

I went around and asked the kiddos what did they hear? After they responded We used coconut flakes to make our polar bear fluffy.

Love the sharing! We have such a sweet group of kiddos!

I think he looks pretty proud of his work! Awesome job Love!

Blue paint, blue paper,  and (fun paint) brushes...make brilliant art work!

Making the letter Bb 4 different ways! We can do more than paper pencil work to make learning fun and educational. Some fun ways to make letters at home: shaving cream, noodles, sand, screen writing, magnadoodles, and the list could go on! Make learning hands-on...this type of sensory learning will allow the kiddos to retain making the letters! 

What an awesome week! I look forward to the snowman theme next week!