Snow globe flop

Today I had the girls help me pick two pictures for our snow globe this morning. Got pictures printed scrapped glue off of the containers, filled them with red plastic pellets and glitter. We then hot glued the pictures to the containers lid and left them to dry. We went on to do our letter S writing and recognition activity on the chalk board and dry erase board. Both A's decided to drawn pictures of their family and J was added to the family drawing but no Aunt Brooke! Older A's people were made up of tons of tiny dots which made the person ( creative). They took a short nap in hopes of finishing our globes. We added the water and closed the lids and they looked pretty good for a kids craft I will say. After hot glue being added to the outside and left drying for a hour or so we returned to puddles of water on the counter and almost empty snow globes. Very sad to see they didn't turn out but I am determined to figure out a solution for next year!

So we resorted to cutting  coffee filters into snow flakes and coloring them. We always love having a back up craft.

Winter Wear Dress up

It is officially 9 days until Christmas. What better way to finish off the month with a snow theme. Since in Texas we truly do not know what real snow looks like and not in these three kiddos life so far. So we can discuss it in circle time, sing about it, say fun things we would do if we had snow ( dream about it), why not. We had lots of silly stories going on and snow adventures they went on in their life.
We decorated the letter S traced it and discussed words that started with S. I would like to say we have smart kiddos here. Then I pulled out all of my scarves and a few coats along with rain boots and winter hats for our photo shoot. We had a blast doing this modeling, dancing and the kids trying to keep on my large sized coats and size 8 shoes. Little A has continued this photo shoot randomly through out the day (lol). These picture are for a reason. We are going to be making snow globes this week with them in it!

Fun sunny winter day in Texas.

P.S.
Thanks Britt for the chalk board/ contact paper. It is a hit!

Snow Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan

Week: December 16, 2013                 Theme: Snow

Letter: S                       Celebrations:  Christmas, Write a Friend Month

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Morning Meet	Letter S- Sight and Sound	Describe snow with 5 senses?	Letter and items we find in snow	Chick-fil-a day	Week review
Outdoor Play	Polar bear slides	Penguin races	__	__	Christmas Party!
Free Play	Winter clothes dress up and photo shoot	Coffee filters and scissors	Ice park	Math: Count the Sow Flakes in the room	__
Literacy/  Language	Song: Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer	Book: The Snowy Day	Song: Five Snow Flakes	Book: One Bear Lost	__
Daily Activity	Take pictures for snow globe	Splatter snow painting	Put globes together	Make Mothers Christmas Gift	__

 

All activities are altered based on age of each child

Winter and Mittens Lesson Plan

Brookeside in home Daycare

Lesson Plan

Week: December 9, 2013                   Theme: Winter and Mittens

Letter: W                     Celebrations:  Christmas, Write a Friend Month

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Morning Meet	Letter W- Sight and Sound	How do you know it is winter?	Find the Matching Mittens	Chick-fil-a day	Week review
Outdoor Play	Go Bananas Work out	Box car races	Letter bowling	__	In door dance party
Free Play	Decorate snow Flakes	__	Sensory Snow play	__	Letter W Hunt
Literacy/  Language	Rhyme: Three Little Kittens	Book: Goodnight Moon	__	Book: One Bear Lost	__
Daily Activity	Dear Santa	__	Color your mittens	Lace your mittens together	Post office visit: mail letters to Santa

All activities are altered based on age of each child

Notes to Parents:  This month’s closures December 23- 27, 2013.