Sunday, December 2, 2012

Snowballs and Mittens

We had so much fun at our last week of Tales for Twos! The theme was Snowballs & Mittens.

We read Hello Snow and One Mitten.














We did a fun guessing game on the flannel board:
I had 5 mittens of different colors and a white circle behind one.

Snowball, snowball
Cold and round
Behind which mitten
Can you be found?

From http://tonsoffunpreschoolactivities.blogspot.com/2011/01/tot-school-mittens.html


 Then I had pairs of mittens cut from scrapbooking paper and I gave one to each child and I kept the match. I put my mitten on the board and asked the little ones to come up if they had the match.

 
Then each parent was given an envelope with cards of the seasons and different clothing that you wear during each season and they had a little one-on-one time with their little one talking about the seasons.
 
 
 
We finished with a very fun indoor snowball fight using cottonballs!
 
The take-home craft was a mitten wreath...
 


Construction, Demolition & Garbage



Well, I actually did not do this theme. Tuesday, we didn't have a program because I was hosting a librarian's workshop and Wednesday, Miss Sarah filled in for me. BUT, this is what I had planned...

Books:

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction Machine Song:(from KidsSoup):
(Farmer in the Dell)
The excavator scoops up dirt
The excavator scoops up dirt
Hey-ho, Look at it go!
The excavator scoops up dirt
 
The bulldozer moves the dirt...
The dump truck dumps the dirt...
The steamroller flattens the dirt...
 
 
She'' Be Driving a Bulldozer When She Comes (She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain)
By Rob Reid
 
 
Take-home craft:
Great for talking about shapes!