Mittens

I hope to have my camera up in working order for next week...I've been having a few issues, but want to get some of our great activites posted on here again soon!

Math Centers:

• mitten patterns with ABAB, AABB, and ABCABC formations
• pennies: heads or tails? counting and sorting activity
• number recognition and 1-1 correspondence assessments
• counting "how many kittens lost their mittens?" (like our song!)
• estimating "how many white objects?"

Lit Centers:

• ABC order winter mugs, and record missing letters
• mitten book with positional word learning
• locating sight words and sounding them out
• reading loft
• assessment of days, months, seasons, shapes, rhymes

 Sight words introduced:

1. I
2. a
3. to
4. the
5. he
6. she
7. we
8. you
9. us
10. can
11. see
12. yes
13. no
14. like
15. be
16. it

Other Activities:

• read The Mitten by Jan Brett
• decorated paper plates as us dressed up in coats and mittens
• sharing day
• "God cares for me" flower pot magnet
• listing how God provides for us
• discuss 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 using pretzels and oranges for snack

Songs from the month:

Snowy Snowman (our favorite!!!)

I am a snowman made of snow (stand still)
I stand quite still at Ten below.
With a big long carrot for a nose (point to nose)
And worn out shoes to make my toes (point to tose)
I have two apples for my eyes, (point to eyes)
And a woolen coat about this size. (measure with hands)
I have a scarf that's warm and red. (grab neck)
And a funny hat upon my head. (tap hands on head)
The sun is coming out…… Oh dear! (Look worried)
The sun is melting me I fear (slowly sink to floor)
Oh my, I was so nice and round,
Now I'm just a puddle on the ground! (sit or lay on floor)

Penguin

I know a bird
That cannot fly: 
Penguin is its name. 
It cannot fly,
But it can swim 
With speed that wins it fame! 
I know a bird
That lives on ice 
And waddles by the sea. 
It looks so cute 
In its black and white suit, 
As handsome as can be!

Five Little Cookies

Five little cookies With frosting galore.
(Child's Name) ate the red one, then there were four.
Four little cookies, Two and two you see
(Child's Name) ate the green one, then there were three.
Three little cookies But before I knew,
(Child's Name) ate the white one, then there were two.
Two little cookies, Oh what fun,
(Child's Name) ate the brown one, then there was one

Snowey Pokey

You put your right mitten in, You take your right mitten out,
You put your right mitten in and you shake it all about.
You do the Snowey pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.
Note continue with additional verses:
You put your left mitten in
You put your scarf in
You put your right boot in
You put your left boot in
You put your hat in
You put your snowself in

Three Little Kittens

Three little kittens,
They lost their mittens,
And they began to cry,
Oh, mother dear,
We sadly fear
Our mittens we have lost.
What! Lost your mittens,
You naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie.
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.
You shall have no pie.

The three little kittens,
They found their mittens,
And they began to cry,
Oh, mother dear,
See here, see here,
Our mittens we have found.
What! Found your mittens,
You darling kittens!
Then you shall have some pie.
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.
You shall have some pie.