No Child Left Behind

Let no child live in poverty.

Let no child live without shelter.

Let no child be uneducated.

Let no child be unloved.

Stanley Tucci

 

Classic Literature

http://ideas.time.com/2013/06/03/why-we-should-read-literature/?iid=obinsite

Christmas Vacation Survival Tips 2013

Here are some ideas and posts of Christmas past to keep the kiddos busy the next week... 

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2013/01/winter-boredom-busters.html

The Grinch---watch the movie.  Will you choose the animated version or the Ron Howard/Jim Carrey version? Read the book.  Then you can bake some Grinch Bread...http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/12/youre-mean-one-mr-grinch.html

Let the kids help with lunch.  Bubblegum pizza is a favorite!
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2009/12/pizza-pizza.html 



More ideas---http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-vacation-survival-tips.html

Enjoy the holidays with your children and we will see you soon.

Candy Experiments

 

 Candy canes, candy corn, candy fun...check out this website!  

Candy + Science = Fun for you and your child

http://www.candyexperiments.com/

Peace and Joy

Merry Christmas!  

We wish, we hope, we pray 

for world peace and joy!

Dear Santa...

Art Makes You Smart

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/opinion/sunday/art-makes-you-smart.html?emc=eta1&_r=2&

Expect the Unexpected

Gifts from the Heart

It isn't the size of the gift that matters, but the 

size of the heart that gives it.

Eileen Elias Freeman, American author

Cardboard Christmas Trees

 Our MWF preK classes decorated some cardboard trees for Christmas.  

We started with a large cardboard tree.

Next we glued on squares of colorful fabric!

 

 

 

 We trimmed the edges for a pretty tree but we're not done yet!

Mardi Gras beads cut into short pieces add glitz and sparkle to the tree. Are the beads lights or garland?  You decide.

 

 

Pom poms are glued on for fuzzy ornaments! 

 

 It's a cute and colorful Christmas tree!

That's Real Snow!

Our MWF students were delighted to find a tub full of snow in the classroom today.  One of the girls announced to children still arriving, "That's real snow and I'm not kidding!"  It was cold. It was wet.  It was a mess.  It was FUN!!!

Christmas Card Wreath

 

This activity is available on our parent library cart.  You will need glue, Christmas cards, poster board (or a styrofoam wreath), ribbon and masking tape. Christmas cards and poster board are available on the parent library cart.   I used a scrapbook circle template to cut lots of assorted circles.  You could also have your child trace and cut circles.  Glue on a poster board cut into a wreath shape.

Tape a ribbon securely to the back (not glamorous but it works).  Have some fun creating some Christmas crafts with your child!

26 Acts of Kindness

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

https://www.facebook.com/26acts

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/17/15972814-inspired-to-act-26acts-of-kindness-to-honor-those-lost-in-newtown-conn?lite 

Christmas Bows

Last year after the Christmas holiday, I found Christmas bows  reduced to ten cents a bag. How could I resist such a bargain?  So with some bins full of colorful bows and some recycled deli trays and our students can...

Sort and count bows-

Make patterns---

Make letters or 'write their name with bows'---

Make shapes---

Cookies---2013

Our TTh 3 y/o class finished up our cookie unit today!  It was a busy and delicious two weeks.  We tasted cookies and looked at the color and shape.  We made a Cookie Monster and snipped around the blue circle to make Cookie Monster fuzzy.  We graphed our favorite cookie (Oreo or chocolate chip?).  Today we made cookies for snack and our craft project was a gingerbread man.  Our days have been so packed that next week we will make a gingerbread man ornament for the tree.

More information and recipes...

Cookie books---http://www.metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/12/mmmmmmcookies.html

Easy breezy lemon squeezy cookies with a cake mix!  We used a fun-fetti cake mix.  The cookies looked like our playdough!  Or does the playdough look like our cookies?
http://www.metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/12/who-took-cookie-from-cookie-jar.html

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2013/12/fun-fetti-playdough.html

Gingerbread man ornaments---http://www.metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2009/12/c-is-for-cookie.html

Chain Reaction

Cutting paper chains is good scissor practice!  Use old magazines or scrapbook paper to create some Christmas fun at your house!

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/12/chain-chain-chain.html 

 

Fun-fetti Playdough

Make basic playdough recipe---http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/10/perfect-playdough.html

Add beads and knead into playdough.

 

More ideas for playdough---http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2011/10/dough-boy.html

Christmas Sensory Bottles

 

 We have some new sensory bottles for Christmas. 

Pine branches with distilled water, red pony beads, pine cones and glitter.  I did learn there can be such a thing as 'too much glitter'.  A small amount of glitter goes a long way in a sensory bottle.

 Pine cones and green glitter

Shake, shake, shake the pony beads and make some Christmas noise!

Clear liquid handsoap make pony beads move slow. Want to make more?  Change the color of the beads to pastels for Easter, orange/black for Halloween, red/white/blue for the 4th of July, red/pink/white for Valentine's Day, green/white/orange for St. Patrick's Day)

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/08/sensory-bottles.html

Wait! There's More Happening at MCP!

 Christmas erasers are fun for sorting, counting and patterns!

We save and hole punch Christmas cards for lacing cards for the children to take home.

Plastic lids in red and green paint make Christmas colorful!

What's Happening at MCP in December?

Christmas is a busy time for everyone...especially preschoolers.  What's happening at MCP?  Ask your child about....

Santa's Workshop (all classes)
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2012/11/santas-sleigh.html
http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/12/santas-workshop.html

A wide variety of pine cones and magnifying glasses provide discussion on trees, seeds and science (all classes). 

Naughty or Nice?  This games is about learning our ABC's (all classes).

Christmas bows and numbers are fun for counting (MWF classes only)!