Reindeer food!

When my daughter was 3, we introduced Reindeer food making to her and the meaning of it. What a magical time. She was dazzled by the idea and so, we made a great annual tradition!

I found a great site with a recipe and label if you wanted to make as gifts.

We made these today and the children were amazed and excited and I saw big SMILES! A perfect day!!

Click here to print label.

Thank You to Sailing Through 1st Grade (click on Sailing Through 1st Grade for more great ideas!)

Reindeer Food Recipe

1 Cup Oatmeal

1 Tbsp Green Glitter

1 Tbsp Red Glitter

(any color glitter is fine)

It's as easy as that!!

Have a wonderful Holiday!

See you in 2013!

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Holiday Cheer!

Tuesday Holiday Cheer!

Chain Links done!

Our Window is decorated! Great job kids!

We made fun Reindeer hats today!

Wednesday:

Today we worked on work sheets and played make believe Royal Ball. 

The children dressed up in beads and dresses and King and Queen attire!

Thursday:

Today we made special gifts for our Mom's and Dad's. I can not post pictures of this until Friday as to not spoil the surprise... stay tuned!

We've been busy playing in the sensory table, coloring, doing our daily learning work sheets and reading!

Book of the day:

"The Snowy Day" 

by: Ezra Jack Keats

Why Finger Painting?

I did a little research on finger painting and wanted to know what the benefits of it were besides a whole lot of fun! Turns out, there are GREAT benefits with this therapeutic activity!

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Physical Development

Communication and Language Development

Intellectual Skills

Click on the link below for more information!

http://www.nicma.org/06/Why%20finger%20painting.pdf

This Week at The Little Monarch's...Holiday Cheer!

This week we will be celebrating the upcoming Holidays!!!

Monday: 

Reindeer hats

Idea found on Pinterest, but the link was broken...sorry!

Winter fun worksheets - practice tracing and cutting lines

Coloring sheets

Reading Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

And this week we have new sensory bin fun

"Quinoa"

yes, it does make a big mess, but the children LOVE it!!

"Circle"

"Circle" Time!

Today we made fun Snowmen using our own faces..ha ha! What a thrill that was for the kids to see themselves as snowmen! 

Funny!

We also walked around the room to find circles of all sizes. "Where can you find circles?" 

We played out side today to enjoy the beautiful weather. We got 12" of snow this past weekend so we made a fun snow fort. 

Also, I received my shipment of NEW Cots!!!

Yellow and Red and I had a blue cot. If you're wondering what your children rest on during nap/quiet time, this is it. I have sheets and pillows and you bring blankets. They are very cozy!

To end the day, I have pictures of our two best fishermen.

"Square" time!

Today is "Square Day" 

What a FUN day we've been having. We have been jumping from square to square and walking the balance beam making sure to not fall into the alligator swamp. 

We also made Dot Dot Art and square collages! BUSY, BUSY, FUN!!!

We used blue painters tape to make our square obstacle. 

Great Gross Motor skills being conquered here at THE LITTLE MONARCH'S DAY CARE!

 Supplies for our square collages.

My $1.00 purchase per dabbers at Bingo Night has really been a great investment I see!! Ha-Ha!

Shape Week!

Shape week is here and we've been busy making and finding shapes!

We have a lot planned.

I made a "Shapes" book for each child to look through and take home!

We also made fun cardboard sewing shapes.

LUNCH FUN

How many shapes can you find?

Today we ate Shapes for Lunch!.