If You Give A Pig A Pancake

Nat Geo-China's Incredible World of Snow and Ice

Winter Carnival Ice Palace

ROBERT MUNSCH "THOMAS' SNOWSUIT"

Aboriginal Dot Painting-Australia

Amazing Animals-Eastern Gray Kangaroo

Australia | Destination World

Australia 2022

"Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting. " Sargent Shriver

Our MCP students are travelling to the Land Down Under and learning about Aboriginal Art.

You might want to ask your child:

Why is Australia called 'The Land Down Under'?

Australia is surrounded by water, so it is an....

Can you and your child talk with an Australian accent?   What is an accent?

How would you travel in Australia?  

What animals live in Australia?

Are the children in Australia asleep or awake?

More info---

https://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2020/01/aboriginal-art-2020.html

Winter Boredom Buster

 

How sweet! Mini marshmallows, dice and coffee mugs are fun way to count! 

https://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2020/01/marshamallow-math-game.html

Emperor Penguins in Antarctica

Penguin Problems 2022

 This penguin is a wonderful winter craft for our preschoolers.  Creative art and crafts are important components to the MCP curriculum. 

The creative art space in our room is provided for the children to make their own personal choices.  There is a wide variety of materials for them to use as they please.  Paintings, drawings and collages all look different.  It is an opportunity and space for the children to explore and enjoy the artistic process. 

Crafts are very different.  We are working on listening and following teacher directions.  All the children receive the same pieces.  With slight variations, all the final products look very much the same.  As the teacher gives directions, we are reinforcing basic concepts.  We discuss shapes, colors and sizes.  We use positional words like top, bottom, inside and between.  

More info and how to:

https://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2020/02/penguin-problems.html

Polar Bear, Polar Bear

 

We are learning a lot about polar animals.  Students are learning to identify the North Pole and South Pole and which polar animals live at each polar region. There are so many polar animals. 

It is so cold in these areas, we have to ask, "How do polar animals keep warm?"  Polar animals are covered in blubber.  We learned that blubber keeps animals warm.  Find out more and how to:

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2010/01/polar-animals.html

The Best Dressed Bird in the South

The Polar Bear

10 Arctic Animals

Hot Chocolate on a Cold Day

 

Let's practice writing our name, our letters and our numbers.  Hot chocolate powder and pointer finger.  What a fun-filled way to encourage your child to write.  

A plate works well but if you want a bigger surface for letters and numbers use a cookie sheet.  Older children can get in the fun by practicing spelling words or math. 

Penguin Dance

Brrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Out in the Cold

So much to do in the classroom in 2022!!!

Our friends will have lots of fun with their ABC's and 123's in January.  

Build a snowman! 

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2016/01/do-you-want-to-build-snowman.html

Games, lacing cards and much more are in our Discovery Center.

http://metamoracommunityprek.blogspot.com/2015/01/snowmen-abcs-123s.html

Crinkle paper, cotton balls and polar animals create a cool winter sensory tub.

There is a ton of winter fun for our friends! 

Snow Man Dance

Snow Country

 

It's the first big snow of the year.  If you and your child can't get outside bring the snow inside!