Christmas Tree

This morning there were Christmas Tree branches in the touch and feel pool. The kids smelled them and felt them. They were sticking and had lots of pine needles on them. The kids enjoyed trying to hide behind the branches around the pool. During our morning circle we started talking about our special Out and About to the Singing Bears on Thursday. We also talked more about our holiday show.

Today was so much fun with Ms. Michelle. First we started with finger fun. The kids each made a paper ornament with crayons and scissors. They also ripped tissue paper into little pieces. Then it was time to decorate the Christmas tree. The kids used a bike or scooter to get to the tree. Then they selected a ornament or shredded paper to decorate the tree. It looks so wonderful that we hung it up in our classroom!

Our story today was "Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree" by Robert Barry.

Mr. Willowby's tree was delivered to his house. Only one problem..the tree was so tall, it wouldn't stand up straight in his parlor. Mr. Willowby asked his butler to chop off the top of the tree. The butler gave the top of the tree to the maid..but it was too tall! The story continues as the top of Mr. Willowby's tree gets passed around to the gardener, a bear, a fox, and a mouse. Everyone was able to enjoy Mr. Willowby's beautiful tree! After reading the story we described different shapes we could use to make a Christmas tree. We started with a triangle for the tree part and used a rectangle for the truck. The kid made circles for the ornaments and a start for the topper of the tree.

Art today was top secret....we were preparing a wonderful surprise for the holiday show. After art we assigned parts for the Christmas show and practiced. I was impressed for our first real run through of the show! We will keep practiced...