Last week, we got SNOW!!! It was such fun to watch it fall from inside. The snow was nice and wet- which was perfect for building a big snowman! We all worked together to build this snowman and discussed all the shapes that we used for his body and for his face! After we did that, we got to come inside and look at our shape puzzle and discuss shapes even more! It was such hard work but we had the best time playing and learning together!

According to The Colorado Early Learning and Development Guidelines we were illustrating:

• Gross Motor : The developing ability to move the large muscles. 
  
• ​Relationships with Peers : The development of relationships with certain peers through interactions over time.
• Classification : The developing ability to group, sort, categorize, connect, and have expectations of objects and people according to their attributes.

This week we have dedicated to learning all about Snowflakes. We know that snowflakes are cold and that they make up snow, but today we learned what they look like up-close! They all look so different and are unique in their own way! Just like we all our all unique and special in our own way too! We then looked at a story full of photos and tried to recreate what we were looking at! It was such fun to create our masterpieces and hang them for the world to see! After our special snowflake project, we went outside and looked up-close at the snowflakes we have on our playground! It was hard to see all the different shapes but we tried our hardest!
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According to Colorado Early Learning And Development Guidelines, we were illustrating:

• ​Fine Motor: Hold small objects in one hand and sometimes use both hands together to manipulate objects.
• Perceptual Development: Use the information received from the senses to change the way they interact with the environment.
• ​Recognition of Ability: Experiment with different ways of making things happen.

Painting is our favorite art activity!! Today we chose to paint snowflakes with our "White" Paint. The conversation began with a talk about how we love to play in the snow and then moved towards us wanting it to snow, then progressed into wanting to paint snowflakes in hope that it will snow outside.