Wild West

 Each preschooler created a cowboy boot with their first initial on it!

 2nd grade buddies came to visit the afternoon class!

Working hard on our Yeehaw! books.

The preschoolers worked hard making a pattern snake.  First they had to cut a spiral out of a paper plate.  Next they glued orange and yellow squares on in a pattern.  Finally they drew a face.  They are hanging from the ceiling in our room!

Carnival Basket

Our basket turned out so great!

9 large rolls of wrapping paper
2 small rolls of wrapping paper
Christmas gift boxes
White gift boxes
Giant baby gift bag
24 gift bags
Birthday gift box
3 gift baskets
9 packages of tissue paper
4 packages of cards
15 individual cards
2 bags of bows
7 individual bows
4 rolls of ribbon
4 rolls of tape
7 gift tag packages
All in a locking lid tote on wheels

Be sure and come to the carnival tomorrow night, Saturday, for some fun!

Transportation Week

 This game is called "Roll, Count, Cover".  The preschoolers were partnered up.  They each had a board with pictures of different types of vehicles on it and had to roll two dice, one had a number on it and the other had a type of vehicle.  They then had to cover that on their board with the goal of covering the entire board. 

 For example if they rolled a 3 and a helicopter, they had to cover 3 helicopters on their board.

This game was called "Parking Cars".  The preschoolers took turns getting a car out of the garage.  The car had a number or dots on it.  The preschoolers then had to drive and park their car in the correct numbered spot.

iPad time!

 

We mixed up some Amish Peanut Butter on Thursday and the preschoolers spread it onto toasted English Muffins.  It was yummy!

 

Experimenting with ramps!

Each class graphed how they got to school on Thursday.  The options were car, bus, walk or other.  We counted up each section and discussed which had the most and which had the least.  For some reason, no one took a plane to school! ;)

 Gentry's dad, Larry, brought his semi truck over for us to look at!  Each of the preschoolers climbed inside to take a look!

Awesome class picture!

Second Grade Buddies came to visit in the morning class.  The preschoolers love having them come read to us!

Winter Fun!

There isn't much snow outside for us to enjoy so we decided to make our own winter fun inside!

Here are the preschoolers painting snow onto the windows!  They had a lot of fun doing something they normally wouldn't be able to do and our windows look awesome now!

Here we are making "Snowballs."  The preschoolers frosted 4 vanilla wafers and sprinkled shredded coconut on top to make fluffy snowballs.  They were delicious!

We got some wonderful help making sock snowmen on Friday.  Mrs. Fisher's 2nd grade class came in the morning and Mrs. Bessman's 5th grade class came in the afternoon.  Each preschooler was partnered with an older student.  Together they had to fill a sock with rice, beans or birdseed, separate it into sections using rubber bands and then decorate it to look like a snowman.   It was a wonderful time and I think everyone enjoyed it.  The snowmen are looking fabulous in the display case.

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It's been a long time....

Sorry that I have not posted lately.  Here are some pictures from the field trip :)