Reading is fun! Last week's theme was one of our favorite books here at Future Scholars: The Mitten! All of our classrooms had fun reading the story of how woodland animals, including a fox, owl, and bear, all crawl inside of a lost mitten. We also did lots of fun Mitten-themed crafts and activities! Rooms 6 and 10 colored in the animals of the story and pasted them onto a mitten. Room 11 used their imagination to draw their own animals sticking out from a mitten. In addition to their mitten craft, Ms. Tracy's class had fun recreating the story by taking turns trying to fit inside of a "mitten" (the large bag that stores our parachute).
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Last week, our Kindergarten class did something festive and fun...and it smelled delicious too! Room 6 made sweet-smelling Applesauce-Cinnamon ornaments! Using only two ingredients (applesauce and ground cinnamon), students helped Ms. Donna and Ms. Jodi mix up a delicious-smelling "dough". They then took turns rolling the dough out and cutting out festive ornaments with cookie cutters. After punching a small hole at the top of each ornament, threading a ribbon through, and leaving each to dry, our students were left with a beautiful and holiday-scented ornament to take home to their Christmas tree. Some of our younger students also gave ornament-making a try. This is a fun, easy, and inexpensive activity that parents can also do at home! Just remember, these ornaments are NOT EDIBLE, so be sure to supervise younger children.
Learn more about the other special programs we offer on our Specials page. This week was one of our favorite cooking classes of the year--gingerbread house making! Our staff helped assemble the houses out of graham crackers and frosting so that students could decorate them with an assortment of candies, chocolates, and marshmallows! As with most cooking classes, gingerbread house making is not only delicious and fun, but it also improves fine motor skills as students pick up small items and stick them to their house! See more photos of Gingerbread House Making.
Our staff and students have been busy transforming our hallways and classrooms into a winter wonderland for this Holiday season! From gingerbread houses to arctic scenes; from the North Pole to Christmas Town, holiday decorations and crafts are everywhere! Don't forget that Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting us on Tuesday Dec. 13TH at 9AM, followed by our classroom Holiday Parties.
See our Holiday Decorations album for more photos! |
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