Snow Globes and Block Creations

Happy Monday!  We didn't get outside again due to the cold and ice but are hoping we will be able to get out tomorrow (fingers crossed)!  We started our day with one of my favorite games: Coseeki or Follow the leader.  One player is the guesser and leaves the group so he/she cannot see who the leader is.  The leader is chosen and starts a movement which the others follow.  The guesser returns and has three chances to guess who the leader is.  This game is not only fun but requires great listening and observational skill as well as cooperation from the whole group because even if you're not the leader or guess you still have an important role in the game!

During Play this morning some students chose to paint beautiful snow globes with q-tips and white paint! They really came out wonderfully.  Some students were busy building with blocks and decided after they would like to make one so we will see if we have time later this week.  In Math we continued to talk about 3-D shapes and then students got to choose a favorite math game to play.

Our book today was Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee.  The poem for this week is a favorite silly one by Shel Silverstein:

Snowball

I made myself a snowball
As perfect as could be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for its head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first it wet the bed!