Our Winter-Themed January

We focused on winter this month, even though yesterday was a near record 65 degrees outside.  We had salt and cotton balls in our sensory table this month.  Everyone loved the feeling of the salt falling through their little fingers.  We also played in trays of ice that were very, very cold...brrr. During craft time, we made "stained glass" mittens for our windows and two different kinds of snowmen for our hallway wall.

Now that half of the school year is behind us, I took moments this month thinking about how much each toddler has grown. And boy have they grown! Everyone who has been coming since August now walks in the room with no more tears.  This is huge because leaving mommy is always so hard. They sit during snack time, fold their hands, listen to our prayer, and says "Amen" before they eat.  This makes my heart smile at each snack time! The toddlers are also all sitting and listen to a story, and are now learning a lot of animal sounds and body parts. Ask them to show you their mouth, eyes, nose, ears, hands, and toes. I am so proud of them all and they add such joy to my day.  Thank you moms and dads for sharing them with me.

Blake, Spencer, and Tia working on their mittens.

Leland, Lydia, & Tia and Spencer & Blake
playing in the cold ice.

Jude, Addy, Kingston, and Tia
playing in the salt tabe.

Tia and Leland folding their hands for prayer.


Our Snack Time Prayer:
God is great, God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen.



Our Holiday Season

We had a great November and December in Toddler Time.  We made some fun Turkey crafts and played in canned pumpkin during the Thanksgiving season.  Throughout December we worked hard on practicing shaking our jingle bells for the Christmas program.  We made santa hats, ornaments, and a very cute plate for our mom's and dad's for christmas.  We played in our christmas themed sensory table and got to have a pajama party the last week of school before christmas break.  I am so proud of how well everyone did during the christmas program. Each toddler looked so cute on the stage, shaking their jingle bells! Mrs. Jill and I are looking forward to the new year and we will be welcoming two new toddlers to our Monday Toddler Time.



Spencer, Blake, and Leland during our
pajama party

 

Spencer, Tia, and Leland ready to ring
their jingle bells at the Christmas Program



Braylan and Lydia



 

Kingston, Luke, and Tia playing in our
Christmas sensory table