Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas, Good Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and any other snowy holiday I may have missed!

So the snow is flying...well actually, as of December 14th this year I'm looking at a brown and squishy lawn and not a snowflake to be seen.  I raked the yard yesterday, it's unbelievable.  Have I mentioned we live in northern Minnesota?  It was 44 degrees today!

But as I was saying; there are lights up everywhere, trees adorning homes, and families are busily making plans to get together.  What better time to switch over our classroom for the warmest of winter holidays?

We had a good mix of activities

Weaving

Cookie cutter tracing

Colander with candy cane sticks

Tree shape decorating (we've added a gingerbread man to decorate also)

Weighing various holiday objects

Pom separating by size or color

Candy cane count

Candy cane train stack

Squeezing sponges

Chalkboard number and letter practice

Flower arranging

Santa nesting/stacking boxes

Color pegs sort

Various holiday books

Decorating their own tree (complete with lights they can safely turn off and on)


All in all it's been a big hit :)  They've had a lot of fun in here so far.  We were even able to share it with the cousins when they came over for a visit.

Wishing you the happiest of holidays!

Setting up the classroom for Halloween

My favorite holiday is Halloween.  It always has been.  The sight of small children racing around, being whomever or whatever they desire for one night.  Who wouldn't like that kind of freedom now and then?

We moved the classroom back upstairs and this is the first time I've had a holiday to set up for.  

The boys loved all the different activities.  Some, we had to do at the kitchen table.  (I don't recommend carving pumpkins on carpet if it can be avoided.)  We also decorated candy apples. :)  It's been very busy around here!