We wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

We had another fun week!  We completed our reindeer directed drawing. We also made reindeer with their names, and made trees using longest to shortest green strips of paper.  

Today we worked on measurement. We used ornament rulers and mini erasers to measure. They counted, sorted and stacked with the mini erasers for well over an hour! Lots of counting. Numbers have been a struggle this year and I found something that truly engaged all the kids today! So simple, mini erasers. Win! ​
We also cut green paper and glued into our fine motor journals and used Q-tips to paint.

​We had a fun filled week playing games, reading, practicing scissor skills and exploring our new Christmas sensory bin! 
We had a fun filled week playing games, reading, practicing scissor skills and exploring our new Christmas sensory bin! 
Sensory bins let children explore and use their imaginations.  They also work on so many fine motor skills!  Pinching, pouring, sorting and scooping.  I even added some literacy and they don't even realize they are actually learning!!  The pretended the square letter beads were presents under their trees.
This week we used a dice, taking turns rolling, and we decorated the Christmas tree with pom poms with the number on the dice; the kiddos could use their fingers or tongs to place the pom pom on the tree.  We have been working on number recognition and counting.  For the kiddos that can identify numbers we have been working on the ability to subitize.  Subitizing is the ability to recognize a small group of objects without counting.  I gave each child a number and then I would hold up a card with circles.  The child with the matching number of circles would hold up their card.  Using dice is also a great way to to learn to instantly recognize quantity.