Deck The Halls!

There are some very busy little elves in our classroom this week! So far, we've worked on painting our alphabet with red and green, painting some color words, counting jingle bells (ask the elves how hard THAT was using our ears to hear Ms. Heather drop them instead of our eyes to see them! ), finishing up our stockings and making some Christmas surprises. Our list of words we can read keeps growing as well as we read together at circle time. We also visited the library today, and had singing practice in the church for our Christmas program.

BUT, the real excitement this week so far has been for the decorating!! Our big and little tree have been decorated and undecorated many times at our cooperative learning center on the rug. Every group has done a beautiful job! When not decorating the trees, many students have also loved using our new flannel board sets- including trees, ornaments, gifts, and reindeer. While fun and educational just as a cooperative activity, there has also been a lot of sorting, patterning, and counting skills being incorporated into their play! 

We even added a decorative holiday flair to our snack- yum!