This week was a short week, and poor Leila was sick for a few days, but our new friend joined us again this week, which was great! We did get a chance to talk about hibernation, "taking a long nap in the winter time." We talked about how some animals like bears don't really like to be out in the cold, so they find a warm place like a cave to sleep in until spring time. The book, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, was a really fun book. It had a lot of action-related, onomatopoeia words that just happened to start with the letter 'S,' which just so happened to be our Letter of the Week. The girls loved acting out the story by "swish, swoshing" through the tall grass, "splish-splashing" through the river, "squelch-skwerching" through the mud, and "stumble-tripping" through the woods to get to a cave (aka toy chest) where a bear (aka stuffed panda) was hibernating. The girls would yell and run back through all the pretend obstacles that led us to the cave to the couch which was our "safety" from the bear. Fun fun fun! Next week our BEAR and HIBERNATION theme will draw to a close. It has been a fun month!
BOOKS OF THE WEEK:
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Retold by: Michael Rosen | 
Let's Go Home Little Bear By: Martin Waddell and Barabara Firth | 
Bear Snores On By: Karma Wilson |
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LETTER OF THE WEEK: S
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The Letter "S" Bin
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MUSIC CONNECTION:
| Time for Sleeping (sung to the tune of Sing a Song of Sixpence) Now it's time for sleeping, The bears go in their caves. Keeping warm and cozy, Time for lazy days. When the snow is gone and the sun comes out to play, The bears will wake up from their sleep, and then go on their way. |
ART CONNECTION: Sleeping Bear Snowflake Painting
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CRAFTY CORNER: Paper Bag Cave
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I got this idea from one of my favorite blogs, Totally Tots.
MONTESSORI-INSPIRED WORK BOXES
The girls are starting to get the hang of the work boxes. I continue to model taking out a mat for their work space (and cleaning up...) But they are beginning to expect new items for them to explore oin the trays and bins. The beginning of the week has a new excitement to it! The picture of them all working on a work box independently but also together at the same time is so cute. They did a great job taking turns, helping each other and switching work boxes when they were done. Last January marked our first official month of "Tot School" and our first theme was WINTER TIME, so it was great to pull out many of the teaching tools I had created last year. It certainly made prepping this week super easy. Many of the activities even started with 'S,' our Letter of the Week! Pretty conveniently awesome! (I have yet to upload our monthly plans from January- April of last year...I do hope to get to it eventually.)
Snowmen Sticker Station
Velcro Matching Colored Mittens
Snowflake Matching Game and Books
Build-A-Snowman Felt Board
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FOOD FUN:
Cinnamon Spice Muffins
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