A Joyful January

The month of January brought us our unit about Community! What different kinds of communities there are, how people work together in communities, and what they see in their own community. Everyone has been having fun playing with our dollhouse, trains, cars, and houses to make their own communities!

We also were visited once again by our music teacher, Ms. Nora! We got to try playing tongue drums, egg shakers, and sang and danced to lots of songs! We even learnt a song about a snowman that goes like this, "I'm a little snowman, round and fat. Here is my carrot nose, here is my hat. When the sun comes out I cannot stay, slowly, slowly, I melt away."

The morning class this month was very interested in sensory activities. They spent a lot of time molding kinetic sand, listening to seashells, building with rocks, and playing with soapy water! It was great seeing them enjoy the different textures and materials, and expanding their vocabularies with new describing words from the experiences.

The afternoon class have started learning some games such as musical chairs, simon says, and red light green light! These games have been helping them learn a variety of skills such as following directions, taking turns, and being a good sport whether you win or lose. They have been having so much fun with these games and even want to play them amongst themselves on their own!

We ended the month of January by being visited by Snake Discovery for our winter field trip! We got to see and learn about lizards, turtles, and snakes. We also got to pet them and even hold some of them! Every one was so brave and looked so cool holding all those reptiles! Thank you to everyone who joined us for such a fun time!