We finished letter Qq and Ff is our next letter.
Our morning work this week is matching letters, visual discrimination "which one is different?" and building letters with counters.
The kids were invited to create a snowflake. They were given colored water, paint, glue, glitter, eye droppers, coffee filters and scissors. Their creations are beautiful! Each tried to make their own snowflake using scissors and coffee filters; some asked if they could use my snowflakes I made, but they all gave it a try! We discussed why snowflakes are so special; they are all different! We also made "Dancing Icicles". We talked about ice; ice is stiff and cold. Icicles grow when it slowly melts and then freezes again. We danced with our dancing icicles and made snowflake shapes with their bodies; feet apart and arms up wide! 
What do you think will happen to a pinecone if you put it in water? We did a pinecone experiment! We immersed a pinecone in water and let it sit for a while. Then we compared a dried pinecone to a wet pinecone. They learned the wet ones close up and the dry ones are open!
We finished off the week with a snowstorm painting. They were given black paper, white paper, blue paper, glue, white paint and bubble wrap to create their paintings. A snowstorm picture was provided and we talked about how they could use their supplies to create their own.