"WINTER WONDERLAND!!"

Good Morning, Families, Friends and Blog-Followers,

Because Friday was really cold and very windy, our time outdoors was shortened, but, the day was filled with festive offerings, during Activity Time, and, throughout the day, as well!!

Miss Amy prepared a lovely presentation, for the first day of Hanukkah, which included sharing, with the children, a Menorah and reading about the Holiday -- additionally, Amy allowed the kids to peruse two wonderful storybooks related to Hanukkah -- thank you, Miss Amy!!

Our friends from the Minuteman C&T HS designed, planned and implemented many seasonal art and language-based projects, such as collages entitled "Winter Wonderland" and "Of What Do Trees Remind You?", glittery and colorful snowflakes, gingerbread men made out of sandpaper and rubbed with cinnamon sticks, "icicles" and other tree decorations and Mitten "Stories" -- thank you, ladies -- our boards and tree should, soon, be filled with many hand-made treasures!!

Additionally, the sensory table was filled with aromatic boughs, and scissors, for cutting, and, the hopscotch rug was looking quite surreal, with cosmotology heads available for holiday makeovers!!

Fine motor skills were reinforced by using glue and sprinkling glitter, rubbing cinnamon into sandpaper, cutting boughs and utilizing combs, ponytial holders and more -- what delightful scents filled our classroom!!

I read, with glasses fashioned out of pipe cleaners, and, looking like Mrs. Claus, (thank you, Christina!!), "There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell", another in the series, and, was accompanied by an animated reindeer playing the saxophone -- we danced and sang!!

Our Amaryllisses are sky-high, now, the tallest one reaching over 20 inches -- we anxiously await a red flower!!

Please note that Scholastic Book Orders are due on the 14th, and that, Toys for Tots donations are due on the 15th -- thank you, all, for your continued support!!

Please enjoy the rest of the week-end -- we look forward to greeting you, in the morning.

Lots of Love, Miss Peacock XOXO