We've been doing lots of entries in our journals and lots of art projects....
I'm hoping that blogging some of the things we are doing in the classroom will help me remember them for my own kids one day! :) Here are a few of the crafts we've been working on....
We used plastic forks to get the textured look on the trees
We used mini paper plates and cut out the middle to make these wreaths. (They scrunch up the tissue paper in little balls, lightly dip into a cup of glue and place it around the plate)
Paper plate snowmen faces... I had them stretch out the cotton balls to help work on the fine motor pinching. I did make the hats myself though.... the scissor skills for cutting out shapes aren't quite there yet
These tissue trees are like the wreaths, I just used thick paper. Some kids get really into it and try and make the colors look like ornaments/lights and really pack them on there.... and some don't... :)
Name Snowmen....I got this idea on Pinterest. For the kids who can't yet write their name we did it in dots and had them trace it.
We also sponge painted some holiday items (I used the left over outline from some die cuts)... the next day we added glitter and some foam stickers.
We have a new more winter activities lined up including pajama day next week... even though I know these special projects and days are super fun for the kids, it has been so hectic. They are SO excited for the holidays and even louder than usual! I will be glad to get back into the regular routine and push the academics again in January!
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